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Presented By: Trotter Multicultural Center

Inaugural William Monroe Trotter Lecture with Cheryl Clarke

We're excited to announce that Cheryl Clarke, Ph. D., will give the inaugural Wi We're excited to announce that Cheryl Clarke, Ph. D., will give the inaugural Wi
We're excited to announce that Cheryl Clarke, Ph. D., will give the inaugural Wi
We're excited to announce that Cheryl Clarke, Ph. D., will give the inaugural William Monroe Trotter lecture on February 10.

Dr. Clarke is a black lesbian feminist, poet, activist, educator, and the former Livingston Dean of Students at Rutgers University. Clarke's activism spans the last four decades. She has actively contributed to liberation struggles in America and was a key figure in the Black Women's and gay liberation movements. She is the author of the ground-breaking essays "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance" and "The Failure to Transform: Homophobia in the Black Community," along with four books of poetry: Narrative Poems in The Tradition of Black Women (1982), Living As A Lesbian (1986), Humid Pitch (1989), and Experimental Love (1993). In 2013, she earned the distinguished Kessler Award endowed by The City University of New York for her outstanding contributions to the field of LGBT Studies.

WHEN: 5:30 PM on February 10, 2015

WHERE: Rogel Ballroom at the Michigan Union

Sponsors: The Department of African American and African Studies, Helen Zell Writer's Program, Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies, SCOR, The Department of American Culture, Doing Queer Studies Now, The Department of History, The Department of Philosophy, The Center for Campus Involvement, Women's Studies Department, MESA, Institute for the Humanites

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