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7th Annual Aims of Education Address with Reporter and Author Nikole Hannah-Jones
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
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Date: Sunday, August 26, 2018
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Residential College at West Ambler Johnston presents the 7th Annual Aims of Education Address with Reporter and Author Nikole Hannah-Jones on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at The Lyric Theatre.

The Aims of Education Address is meant to inspire the university community to consider the meaning of education.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning journalist and investigative reporter who covers racial injustice for the New York Times Magazine and whose reporting on racial segregation in housing and schools has received wide acclaim.

From detailing the hunt for a school for her daughter in segregated New York City to chronicling the decades-long failure of the federal government to enforce the 1968 Fair Housing Act, Hannah-Jones sheds light on deeply personal and timely topics, revealing certain inequities.

Her work has been widely recognized with numerous national awards, including the Peabody Award, the George Polk Award, and the 2015 Journalist of the Year for the National Association of Black Journalists. Last year, Hannah-Jones was one of 24 people across the globe chosen as a MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow. She also is writing a book about school segregation, called "The Problem We All Live With".

The event will conclude with an audience question and answer session.

Admission is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/univrel-aimsofeducation.html or https://www.facebook.com/events/2231704143716526/.