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LECTURE

"'To the Spirit!': The Art of William Christopher and the Civil Rights Movement"

10/29/2014
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Hood Auditorium
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts, Exhibitions, Lectures & Seminars

29 October, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.
Hood Museum of Art Auditorium
LECTURE
"'To the Spirit!': The Art of William Christopher and the Civil Rights Movement"
Craig Steven Wilder, Professor and Head of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Diana L. Linden, Art Historian / Independent Scholar will share their recent research on artist and civil rights activist William Christopher (1924–1973), who taught at Dartmouth and drew inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr., and joined the March in Selma at King's invitation.

Image caption: Photograph shows marchers carrying banner "We march with Selma!" on a street in Harlem.

For more information, contact:
Alison Palizzolo
603-646-2808

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.