NPR’s Stewart Harris To Deliver Virtual ETSU Constitution Day Lecture

From East Tennessee State University:

September 11, 2020

“Equality and The Constitution from the Civil War to Black Lives Matter” is the topic of a free public talk to be given virtually at East Tennessee State University by NPR host and noted academic Stewart Harris on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Harris is a law professor and associate director of the Abraham Lincoln Institute for the Study of Leadership and Public Policy at Lincoln Memorial University, and hosts the nationally syndicated public radio show "Your Weekly Constitutional."

His talk will be given via Zoom from 6-7 p.m. and will include the opportunity for a Q&A session. To pre-register and receive the Zoom link, visit https://etsu.zoom.us/j/93010362664.

Harris’ talk is sponsored by ETSU Leadership and Civic Engagement in observance of Constitution Day, which is Sept. 17.

Harris is associate director of the Abraham Lincoln Institute for the Study of Leadership and Public Policy at Lincoln Memorial University, where he also teaches constitutional law. Before joining the faculty of LMU, he taught at the University of Florida College of Law and Appalachian School of Law after working for the federal government in Washington, D.C., and in private practice.

Harris is also host of the nationally syndicated public radio show “Your Weekly Constitutional,” which is produced at WETS-FM, ETSU’s NPR affiliate. The program is underwritten by the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at Montpelier in Orange County, Virginia, the historic home of the Father of the Constitution, James Madison.

For more information, email Joy Fulkerson at fulkersj@etsu.edu.

This press release was produced by East Tennessee State University. The views expressed are the author's own.