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Sojourner Truth Lecture
Dr. Treve B. Lindsey will present our annual Sojourner Truth Lecture in Balch Auditorium.
Dr. Treva B. Lindsey is a Professor of Women鈥檚 , Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University and the co-founder of Black Feminist Night School at Zora鈥檚 House. Her research and teaching interests span from African American women鈥檚 history, to black feminism(s) to hip hop studies. Her latest book, America Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and The Struggle for Justice was described as 鈥渞equired reading for all Americans鈥� a starred Kirkus review. She has published in numerous journals as well as having been an ACLS/Mellon Scholar and Society Fellow and the inaugural Equity for Women and Girls of Color Fellow at Harvard University
The Sojourner Truth Lectureship established in 1983 honors the achievements and contributions of outstanding African American women in the U.S. and the African diaspora . Conceived and administered by faculty in the Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies, the lectureship is sponsored by six of the Claremont Colleges : Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona , 51猎奇入口 Colleges and Claremont Graduate University