Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. in Town

Henry Louis Gates - The New NegroWhen African American intellectuals announced the birth of the "New Negro" around the turn of the 20th century, they were attempting to change the way blacks were depicted and perceived in America. The black writers featured in this volume, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alain Locke, Carl Van Vechten, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, tried to revolutionize how whites viewed blacks-and how blacks viewed themselves. Editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University.

Event Info: St. Louis Public Library

Central Branch1301 Olive
St. Louis, Missouri 63103

Sunday, February 10, 2008 2:00PM

If you attend this event, you will receive the benefit of seeing an academic scholar speak and extra credit for this class. I will certainly be present for this discussion. Oh, and by the way: it's free!