“Forging A New Path to Freedom: A Conversation with Charles Blow”
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“Forging A New Path to Freedom: A Conversation with Charles Blow”
to Take Place at Wake Forest University on April 24
(Winston-Salem, N.C. – March __, 2024) – Wake Forest University’s Center for Research, Engagement and Collaboration in African American Life (RECAAL) will present “Forging A New Path to Freedom: A Conversation with Charles Blow” on Wednesday, April 24, at 6 p.m. at the Porter Byrum Auditorium (inside the Wake Forest Welcome Center located at 1580 Wake Forest Road in Winston-Salem). A reception beginning at 5 p.m. will precede the event.
Blow is a renowned New York Times columnist, MSNBC political analyst and the author of New York Times bestsellers, “The Devil You Know” and “Fire Shut Up In My Bones.” Joining him on stage will be Dr. Zandria Robinson, a native Memphian and author of the award-winning book, “This Ain’t Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South,” and co-author of “Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life.”
The event is free and open to the public. Media are welcome.
“Our upcoming April 24 event with Mr. Charles Blow and Dr. Zandria Robinson promises to be a lively and inspirational conversation at a critical moment in U.S. politics,” said School of Divinity Associate Professor of Religion and Culture Derek S. Hicks. “I hope members of the Winston-Salem community and beyond will join the Wake Forest University community for a riveting discussion of politics, race, the Black vote, African American migrations between South and North, and the importance of getting ‘souls to the polls.’”
For additional information and to register for the event, please go to https://recaal.wfu.edu/.
About RECAAL
The Center for Research, Engagement and Collaboration in African American Life (RECAAL) was launched in fall 2020, rooting its work in the experiences of Black people in the United States. RECALL’s efforts are conceptually framed around two unrelated terms: to recall and to recalibrate. To “recall” is to bring a fact or event back into one’s mind so as to recount it to others. But recalling also entails a resetting of order by bringing someone out of a state of inattention into a present state of things. This last definition offers the most useful cord connecting the two concepts. To “recalibrate” is to calibrate a machine for a different or expanded function. The Center for RECAAL understands recalibration as a means of resetting order through active strategic engagement with an array of social and cultural realities to expand opportunities for black self-actualization and expression.
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About Wake Forest University:
Wake Forest University combines the best traditions of a small liberal arts college with the resources of a large research university. Founded in 1834, the school is located in Winston-Salem, N.C. The University’s graduate school of arts and sciences, divinity school, and nationally ranked schools of law, medicine and business enrich our intellectual environment. Learn more about Wake Forest University at www.wfu.edu.
