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Denny Lecture: Black Power and Solidarity on Campus and Beyond

Wednesday May 29, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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The University of Washington is home to one of the earliest Black Student Unions in the country. Learn the strategies for cross-cultural organizing that led to their success and how this can be applied to liberation struggles today. Join Professor Marc Arsell Robinson, author of Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest, to understand how solidarity spread across camps and beyond.

MOHAI’s annual Denny Lecture presents the very best in regional historical scholarship.

ASL Interpretation and CART captioning are available during the program. In addition, a limited number of Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request. For more accessibility support, email programs@mohai.org two weeks before the program.

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Event Accessibility:
ASL Interpretation, CART Captioning, Assistive Listening Device
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Sliding Scale: Free - $50

Speaker Bio

Dr. Marc Arsell Robinson

Dr. Marc Arsell Robinson

Dr. Marc Arsell Robinson is Assistant Professor of African American History at California State University, San Bernardino, and has earned numerous honors, including the 2022 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader Award. His research focuses on 1960s Black activism including his recent book, Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest. He was born and raised in Seattle.