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Sept. 25-26: UCLA Scholar, Author to Present 32nd Annual Black Experiences Lecture

Kyle T. Mays, assistant professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will present Bucknell's 32nd Annual Black Experiences Lecture with a free, public talk entitled "'We Still Here': Indigenous Hip Hop, Resisting (settler) Colonialism, and the Politics of Possibility" on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center Forum. There will also be a a lunchtime colloquium with Mays on Wednesday, Sept. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Willard Smith Library, Room 125, Vaughn Literature Building. 

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Sept. 27: 31st Annual Black Experiences Lecture

The 31st Annual Black Experiences Lecture will be given by Karyn Lacy, associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in the LC Forum. Her talked is titled titled "Growing Up Around Blacks: Strategic Assimilation in Middle-Class Suburbia."

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March 27: University of Michigan Sociologist to Serve as Diversity Summit Keynoter

Elizabeth Armstrong, a professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Michigan with research interests in the areas of sexuality, gender, culture, organizations, social movements and higher education, will deliver the keynote speaker at Bucknell's Diversity Summit on Tuesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Trout Auditorium. Her free, public talk is titled "Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality."

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