Lecture: The Sovereignty of the Imagination: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Politics of Freedom
Venue: Biocomplexity Institute Conference Center, Blacksburg
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Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs and the Humanities at Virginia Tech presents a public lecture entitled "The Sovereignty of the Imagination: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Politics of Freedom" on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 in the Biocomplexity Institute Auditorium on the campus of Virginia Tech.
Dr. Corey Walker is the speaker and he is the Vice President of Virginia Union University and Dean and Professor of Religion and Society. Walker has published broadly on African American religion and philosophy, African American history and culture, and religion and American public life. His books include "A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America" and the forthcoming "Between Transcendence and History: An Essay on Religion and the Future of Democracy in America".
Walker and Virginia Union University are partners with Virginia Tech in the Beloved Community Initiative led by Virgil Wood, a civil rights compatriot of Martin Luther King Jr. and Ridenour Faculty Fellow in Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs.
Admission is free and open to the public.
The Biocomplexity Institute is located within Steger Hall which is located at 1015 Life Science Circle on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.
For more information, visit: https://www.spia.vt.edu/event/beloved-communities-initative-martin-luther-king-jr-week/ or https://ccc.vt.edu/awareness/mlk.html or https://www.facebook.com/vtspia.
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