Conference on 'Imprisonment of a Race' to feature Cornel West

By Staff on March 1, 2011, 1:44 p.m.

A conference on "Imprisonment of a Race" will feature a keynote conversation by Cornel West, Princeton University's Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies, and Michelle Alexander, associate professor of Law at Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, at 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, in McCosh Hall, Room 10.

The Center for African American Studies at Princeton University is hosting a conference on “Imprisonment of a Race” from 10:30 a.m. through 6:15 p.m. on Friday, March 25, in McCosh Hall, Room 10, on the Princeton University campus. The conference is free and open to the public, but online registration is required.

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West to read from new book .

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Cornel West will discuss his new memoir .

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Cornel West to hold conversation about faith .

Cornel West, Princeton's Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies, will hold a discussion with the Rev. Luke Powery, the Perry and Georgia Engle Assistant Professor of Homiletics at the Princeton Theological Seminary, in an event titled "Beyond the Books: A Conversation With Professor Cornel West About His Faith" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in McCosh 10.