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On James Baldwin: Racial Progress without Redemption

On James Baldwin: Racial Progress without Redemption
Victoria Cassinova, James Baldwin, MLK Now: Mixed Media Illustration. Courtesy of the artist, Victoria Cassinova.
On James Baldwin: Racial Progress without Redemption
Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
18+
Free

Illume Speaker Series Knapp Lecture

On James Baldwin: Racial Progress without Redemption

Melvin L. Rogers, PhD | Knapp Chair of Liberal Arts

Thursday, February 27, at 6 p.m.

IPJ Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

The lecture invites the audience to travel back to the 1960s and to think through the assumptions that frame our discussion about racial progress. Baldwin asks us to disentangle our preoccupation with redemption to achieve democratic progress. Advancing democracy through dialogue may mean we don’t completely forget our missteps and trauma. Advancing democracy may involve figuring out how to dialogue, given that the past and present trauma may persist. Melvin L. Rogers, PhD, is the Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science and associate director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and International Relations and the Africana Studies Program.

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

5998 Alcalá Park
University of San Diego
San Diego, California 92110
619-260-7509
ipj@sandiego.edu

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