University. The notion is this our university should be empowered to look in the mirror and be honest with herself, we use it in a way of talking with leadership and talking about our society that institutions that are healthy and secure and should be willing to recognize whatever is going well and to be willing to say that we have a way to go. Its empowered to be honest with itself. In the subtitle which is shared leadership, culture change in academic success starts with the notion its not about one person, is not just about the University President , its about all of us working together with the vision of educating students, that is the notion of empowerment. I found the subtitle interesting because if you look at the cover of the book, you dont have one listed higher than the other or greater priority, you really have them almost laid out as a circle that we all rely on each other. Thats exactly right. Why was that you really tell important stories in this word the university is ne
Guide, role model and leader, hrabowski i have to start with the new book entitled the end Howard University end empowered university. To look in the mirror and be honest. We talk about leadership, our society and institutions that should be willing to recognize whatever is going well and also be willing to say we have a way to go. The subtitle starts with the notion that its not just about the one person. Its about all of us working together with the addition of educating students and that is the notion of empowerment. Account of the subtitle interesting because if you look at the cover of the book, and you dont have one that is higher than the other. You have t been almost to almoss concentric circles. So why was the . The notion of the circles are connected and thats the point when we think of culture change and academic success and leadership, those are not separate topics. They are ways in which we will collectively through those to the introspection to think about how ie as a lea
American christianity and southern culture at the duke divinity school, and an adjunct professor of american studies at unc chapel hill. You can tell tim is a very inclusive guy, hes got an appointment at duke and unc. We are going to talk best well tonight. He is the author of blood done sign my name which was nominated for the book award. He also serves on the executive board for the North Carolina naacp. Tim can tell you more about this book than i can. I just want to say, he does a marvelous job of putting amit hills murder and lynching into a context of American History. His earlier book is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford North Carolina about 25 miles from here and i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here at the intersection of ninth street where during the war in 1944, a black soldier in uniform from philadelphia would not move to the back of the bus and when he got off the bus, the bus driv
Duke. Visiting professor of american christianity and southern culture. At the duke divinity school. And professor of American City at unc chapel hill. He is a very inclusive guy. He has an appointment we will not talk that tonight. He is the author of and a book called radio free, robert of williams and the roots of black power. Tim also served on an executive board of the North Carolina naacp. Tim can tell you more about, way more about this book than i can. I just want to say that he does a marvelous job of putting emmett till murder and lynching into a context of American History. Tims earlier book is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford North Carolina. About 25 miles from here. And i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here. At the intersection of carr boulevard and ninth street. Where a black, during the war in 1944, a black soldier in uniform would not, he was from philadelphia. It would not move
Very reclusive and. We will not talk basketball today. News in opera the finalists for the National Book award in the book called radio free dixie he also serves on the executive board of rights carolina naacp he can tell you weigh more about this book than i can. I just want to use say he does a marvelous job done of putting an met till murder and winching in to the context his earlier book is about another incident that is similar that happened 15 years later did in North Carolina about 25 miles from here. And i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here where a soldier would not move to the back of the bus so the driver shot him. And so the all white jury found the driver not to the guilty. One thing i want to say is working on publicity for this book on Google Images looking for a pitcher of it till there are too important pictures and the pitcher then in his open casket there are not words for what that image shows after all th