University of Richmond Hosts Event Focused on Future of Free Expression; Panelists include Rapper Killer Mike

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — The University of Richmond is hosting a panel discussion focusing on the future of free expression. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Modlin Center for the Arts, Camp Concert Hall. Tickets are required.

The discussion will feature rapper and community organizer Killer Mike, author Mike Curato, American Civil Liberties Union attorney Emerson Sykes, and George Washington University Law School professor Mary Anne Franks.

University of Richmond liberal arts professor Erik Nielson organized this event and will moderate the discussion along with journalist Bonnie Newman Davis.

The panel will discuss the current state of free expression in the U.S. and explore what the future may hold.

“We look forward to bringing together this panel of artists and experts who understand as well as anyone the importance of free expression,” said Nielson, whose scholarship focuses on the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court. “While free speech is supposed to be protected by the Constitution, those protections are not absolute or consistently extended to all Americans. We will grapple with the implications of that and more during this event.”

Additional details are available here.

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