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Constitution Week Lectures
September 17, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
An event every day that begins at 6:00 pm, repeating until September 18, 2018
| The Madison Center and the Division of Social Sciences and History are proud to host three lectures for Constitution Week 2018. All lectures will take place in Jobe Hall Auditorium and will explore the historical and contemporary meanings of the U.S. Constitution.
The first lecture will be on Monday, September 17 at 6 PM and features Dr. Charles McKinney, Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of History at Rhodes College. Dr. McKinney will be speaking on how race has shaped our understanding of the Constitution and the long struggle for American freedom. He is the author of “Greater Freedom: The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina” (University Press of America, 2010) and co-editor of “An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee” (University Press of Kentucky, 2018). On Tuesday, September 18, Dr. Spencer McBride, the documentary editor at The Joseph Smith Papers and author of Pulpit and Nation: Clergymen and the Politics of Revolutionary America, will be speaking on the role of religion in the making of the Constitution. His lecture is entitled, “American Clergymen and the Debate Over the Constitution.” On Monday, September 24 at 6 PM, Dr. Elizabeth Gillespie McRae will be speaking on her new book, “Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy.” She is an associate professor of history and director of graduate social science education programs at Western Carolina University. These lectures are free and open to the public. |
