Hale Lecture Series

Thursday, September 6th 4-5:30 PM Liberal Arts Hall Room A205 (Basement Level) Kenneth W. Stikkers Southern Illinois University Department of Philosophy“’To Preserve Their Freedom,’ or Remembrance of Things Beautiful"The main title comes from a painting of the Haitian Revolution by Jacob Lawrence, and the talk takes its cue from Angela Davis's first lecture as an Assistant Professor at UCLA in 1969.  In that lecture she argued that those, such as Frederick Douglass, who had been denied access to and had to fight their ways into the world of real freedom have more to teach us about what it means to be free than do privileged professional philosophers who largely take freedom for granted.  The talk offers and analyzes two very different instances in African American history that illustrate Davis's point, one that is epic and grand and the other, quiet and subtle:  the Haitian Revolution and Douglass's own personal struggle for emancipation.FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLICInterpreters provided upon request & subject to availability.Please make your request TODAY by going to Access.rit.edu.