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HOOKS INSTITUTE 2013 EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2013

Feb. 4Screening Post Card                 

Duty of the Hour screening.

A free public showing of Duty of the Hour, a documentary on the life of the late Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, will be held on Feb. 4, at 5:30 p.m. at the Michael D. Rose Theatre at the University of Memphis. Memphis Mayor A C Wharton will introduce the film. Duty of the Hour is a production of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis.

This event is free and open to the public; however, RSVPs are required. They should be sent to bhievents@memphis.edu by Jan. 31.

 

Feb. 4

Fox 13 Video

 

Fox 13 covers Duty of the Hour and interviews Daphene McFerren.

To watch the video, and to read more, click on the image!

 

Feb. 7Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.

The Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities presents, Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author. Wilkerson describes one of the great under-reported stories of twentieth-century American history: the "Great Migration" of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.  

Thursday, February 7, 2013
Michael D. Rose Threatre
Reception 6pm, Lecture 6:30pm

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Feb. 12

Norma Brewer Lecture

Featuring Callie Crossley, Producer ofEyes on the Prize
UC Theatre, 6:00 pm.

Feb. 15

Freedom Ball & Mahogany Award

UC Ballroom 7 p.m.

Feb. 19

An Evening with BET & CNN Anchor T.J. Holmes

UC Theatre 7 p.m.

Feb. 22

Diversity & Pre Law Day, Featuring "Hill Harper"


Downtown Law School
8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Feb. 27

Black Scholars Unlimited presents, Igniting Excitement

2 p.m. -4 p.m. UC River Room

MARCH 2013

 March 19Manning Marable

The Hooks Institute National Book Award Lecture by Zaheer Ali

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
University Center Theatre 145
Reception starts at 5:30 p.m.
Lecture starts at 6:00 p.m.

Zaheer Ali was the project manager and principal researcher for the late Dr. Marable Manning's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.

For more information regarding Zaheer Ali, visit http://www.zaheerali.com/

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