Join us for a lecture about Juneteenth by the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard.
Tuesday, June 20, 7 p.m.
Hudspeth Auditorium, Anderson-Clarke Center at Rice University
Free and open to the public
Parking will be available in West Lot 5. A book signing will follow.
Webinar Registration:
Webinar ID: 935 1943 6364
Webinar Passcode: 554954
Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard. She has won 16 book awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008, both for “The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.” Her most recent book is “On Juneteenth,” a memoir and history of Texas. A select list of her honors includes a Guggenheim Fellowship in the humanities, a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal.
This event is co-sponsored by Humanities Texas in collaboration with Rice University’s Department of History; School of Humanities; Office of the Provost; Office of the President; the Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice; and the Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
