Medgar Evers College Faculty Scholars To Examine Racial Issues From Django Unchained And Lincoln On February 20

Medgar Evers College Faculty Scholars To Examine Racial Issues From Django Unchained And Lincoln On February 20

Medgar Evers faculty and scholars will address the critical issues of race, identify formation and gender raised in the current films Django Unchained and Lincoln, and the implications of those issues as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the 50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington and the 50^th Anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Wiley Evers.  The seminar, The Racial Past is Racial Present: Django Unchained and Lincoln will be held Wednesday, February 20 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. in the college’s Edison O. Jackson Auditorium, 1638 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.

The event is free and open to the public. Additional activities and programs will take place throughout the month including lecture, performances, film screenings and discussions. A complete list is available at www.mec.cuny.edu. For more information please contact Dawn Walker – dwalker@mec.cuny.edu / 718-530-4539 or Emily Gest – egest@rubenstein.com / 212-843-8061.