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HOOKS INSTITUTE 2013 EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2013

Feb. 4                 

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 covers Duty of the Hour and interviews Daphene McFerren.

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

Feb. 7

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

MARCH 2013

 March 19

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/