The Discussion Series is a monthly event hosted by the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and
Ethnicity (CSCRE). Our theme for 2008-2009 is Chaos or Community, borrowing from the title of
Martin Luther King, Jr's book. As 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of MLK's death, we want the
series to enable critical engagements with and interrogations of his work. We will look at
retrospectives of his life and explore some of the themes he wrote about, such as antiracist and
antiwar movements, resistance to oppression, critiques of capitalism and poverty, civil disobedience,
and theologies of liberation.
The "Later" King: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Evolution from Reformer to Revolutionary,
1965-1968
Reverend Kenneth I. Clarke, Sr., Director, Cornell United Religious Work (CURW)
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7pm
Klingenstein Lounge
Ethical Witnesses to Organized Abandonment in New Orleans
Paula Ioanide, Assistant Professor CSCRE
Monday, October 6, 2008 7pm
Klingenstein Lounge
Revisiting the Vision
Belisa González, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7pm
Klingenstein Lounge
Freedom Ride or Die: MLK, Hip Hop & the Politics of Racial Conclusion
Sean Eversley-Bradwell, Assistant Professor CSCRE
Thursday, December 4, 2008 7pm
Klingenstein Lounge
