Dr. Touré Reed, history professor, to deliver Spring College Lecture, March 27

Dr. Touré Reed, professor of history, will deliver the Spring College Lecture on Wednesday, March 27, at 5 p.m. in the Circus Room in the Bone Student Center. His talk, “Is it Race or Racism?: Why Binary Explanations for Inequality Have Failed Black Americans,” is free and open to the public. “Professor Reed is an innovative, accomplished scholar specializing in the history of African American politics and intellectual life in the 20th century,” said Dr. Ross Kennedy, chair of the Department of History at Illinois State University. “His path-breaking work has engaged scholars and the wider public alike. His impressive scholarly achievements are all the more remarkable considering his time-consuming commitment to teaching and service here at ISU, where he has been the director or co-director of African American Studies since 2003. He’s someone whose career truly epitomizes the mission of Illinois State University—I am looking forward to his talk!” Reed is a professor of 20th century U.S. and Afro-American history at Illinois State. His articles have been published in numerous journals, including the Journal of American Ethnic History, LABOR, Nonsite.org, Jacobin, The Nation, Common Dreams, and The New Republic. He is the author of Not Alms But Opportunity: The...