Dr. Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, will deliver the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture Series at SUNY Brockport on February 23. The presentation will take place at 7 p.m. in the Fannie Barrier Williams Building’s McCue Auditorium.
Perry’s work reflects the history of Black thought, art, and imagination. It is also informed by her background as a legal historian. She is the author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, which won the National Book Award. It is a narrative journey through the American South, positioning it as the heart of the American experiment. It was named a best book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Time, Kirkus, and Oprah Daily.
Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and Harper’s among other publications.
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