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The 45th annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series bring more impressive scholars to Rutgers-Newark

By Doug Doyle
Published February 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM EST
The 45th Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series is on Saturday, February 15, 2025
(Top to bottom): 1. Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries - Freedom Now Project; 2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. “Portrait of Paul Robeson” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1925 - 1970; 3. John Lewis at the Cairo IL demonstration, from SNCC poster, “Come let us build a new world together” – Danny Lyon (1962) from Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. 4. Lorie Shaull via Flickr
The 45th Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series is on Saturday, February 15, 2025

The 45th Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series is set for Saturday, February 15 from 9:30am to 3:30pm EST at the Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers-Newark.

You can be there in person or watch MTW virtually.

This year's theme is "Of No Nation: Black Activism for Transnational Liberation". The conference highlights the interplay of ideas and strategies that continue to bolster liberation efforts in the United States and abroad. This edition celebrates freedom movements that transcended geopolitical boundaries in pursuit of more just societies. Paying homage to Black anti-oppression activists and organizers around the world, "Of No Nation" emphasizes the role of Black resistance in achieving global justice–from 1619 to present.

You'll hear from esteemed speakers: Keisha-Khan Perry, Paula Marie Seniors, James "Jimmy" Garrett, and Quito Swan.

WBGO's Doug Doyle spoke with the two organizers of the event, Dr. Jack Tchen (Director) and Dr. Lacey Hunter (Associate Director) of the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience.

Dr. Jack Tchen (top left) and Dr. Lacey Hunter (bottom) join WBGO's Doug Doyle to talk about the 45th annual MTW Lecture Series at Rutgers-Newark
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Dr. Jack Tchen (top left) and Dr. Lacey Hunter (bottom) join WBGO's Doug Doyle to talk about the 45th annual MTW Lecture Series at Rutgers-Newark

You can SEE the entire interview here.

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