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Patrick Parr is the author of two books of nonfiction, both with Chicago Review Press. His first, “The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age,” was published in 2018...

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Writing Thoreau: A ‘Masterpiece’ Biography

Hermit, gadfly, scientist, crank, teacher, saint—and one of America’s greatest writers: even Thoreau’s closest friends said he was too many-sided and mischievous to fit...

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Meet the Speaker: Anna Malaika Tubbs

Anna Malaika Tubbs is a New York Times Bestselling author, advocate, and educator who grew up in Dubai, Mexico, Sweden, Estonia, Azerbaijan, as well as the United States....

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Recommended Resources

Wesley Lowery recommends the following if you would like to learn more: Book: The Children, David Halberstam Book: 400 Souls: A Community History of African America...

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Meet the Speaker: William T. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. ‘84

I am a professor of Catholic studies and director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, a research center housed in the Department of Catholic Studies...

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Mehrsa Baradaran recommends the following if you would like to learn more: Book: The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin Book: The Soul of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois Book: Beloved, Toni...

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Celebrating the Black Alumni Legacy: Then, Now, and Our Future

View the recording of this 2021 Black Alumni of Notre Dame event featuring panelists Ben Finley ‘60, Richard Ryans ‘79, Nicole Juntunen ‘99, Shelly Williams ‘07, Kaya...

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The 4th International Shakespeare in Prisons Conference (SiPC4)

Why Shakespeare Now?Building on three previous conferences (2013, 2016, and 2018), SiPC4 gathered theatre arts practitioners, researchers, and scholars who were engaged with or...

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Meet the Speaker: Curt Tofteland

Curt L. Tofteland brings forty+ years of professional theatre experience to his current role as a freelance theatre artist – director, actor, producer, playwright, writer,...

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Lydia Dugdale Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR (ethics), is a Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of the Center for Clinical...

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Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around...

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Meet the Speaker: Christena Cleveland

Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal which supports a...

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