Thurgood Marshall Lecture
Activism for Social Change Series Event
Celebrating the Life, Legacy and 50th Anniversary of His Appointment to the US Supreme Court
RSVP below or email rcanfield@knox.edu to hold your spot for this trip. There is limited space, so rsvp asap. The van will leave from the front of Alumni Hall at 5:45p. The presentation is scheduled from 7-8:30p. We will arrive back on campus no later than 9:30p.
Western Illinois University alumnus Robert E. Weems, Jr. is the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Western in 1973.
Weems was a professor of history at the University of Missouri, Columbia from 1999-2011. A native of Chicago, Weems received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His areas of specialization include African American history, African American business history and U.S. history.
"It has been 50 years since being the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court and almost 25 years since his death," said Brooks. "Marshall is still one of America's greatest legal minds. His work as on the Supreme Court and with the NAACP changed the arch of history and left an indelible mark on our country's judicial system."
This event, open free to the public, is co-sponsored by the WIU Centennial Honors College, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Malpass Library and the departments of History, Political Science and Liberal Arts.
Wednesday, Oct 11, 2017, 05:45 PM
Western Illinois University Multicultural Center
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Center for Intercultural Life
Email: cil@knox.edu
Website: https://www.knox.edu/offices/center-for-intercultural-life
Location: 161 West South Street, Galesburg, IL, United States
Phone: 309-341-7272