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Dr. Robert O. Smith Lecture

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Department of Latina/Latino Studies
Location
LLS Building (1207 W. Oregon St., Urbana), Room 103
Date
Apr 17, 2025   4:00 - 5:30 pm  
Contact
Department of Latina/Latino Studies
E-Mail
lls-studies@illinois.edu
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Campus Humanities Calendar

Join us for a lecture from Dr. Robert O. Smith (Chickasaw), a professor at the University of North Texas, titled "Red Power, Black Power: Vine Deloria, Derrick Bell, and the Critique of Liberalism." His talk will explore prominent Native American intellectual Vine Deloria Jr.'s critiques of the civil rights movement and the foundational tenets of critical race theory from one of the movement’s founders, Derrick Bell.

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