Reservations open for Jepson Leadership Forum lecture on civil rights activist Ella Baker
The Jepson Leadership Forum continues with writer, historian and longtime political activist Barbara Ransby speaking on “Rethinking Dr. King’s Legacy through the Lens of Ella Baker.” The lecture is Jan. 24, 7 p.m. at the Jepson Alumni Center.
Ransby will draw on her award-winning biography “Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision.” The Outstanding Book Award and the James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians were among the awards she received for her work. She writes regularly on issues of race, class, gender and sexuality.
The lecture is part of the Jepson Leadership Forum’s 2011-12 season on “Game Changers: How Women Lead and Change the World” and is the Jepson School’s James MacGregor Burns Lecture in Leadership Studies and Biography. The talk is cosponsored by the Department of History.
Tickets are free, but required. For more information, visit jepson.richmond.edu or call 804-287-6335.