[UPDATE 4 P.M. SUNDAY, JANUARY 16] Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who is among 2021 MacArthur “genius grant” winners, delivered the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Sunday. The threat of hazardous conditions Sunday from freezing rain forced the observance to move online. The commemoration can be viewed here.
Princeton University historian and writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, speaking during Duke University’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration held virtually on Sunday, touched on her scholarship on how past and present political and economic policies sustain chronic racial inequality, and how social movements, such as Black Lives Matter, can transform that narrative.
[UPDATE 4 P.M. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14] Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who is among 2021 MacArthur “genius grant” winners, will deliver the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 16. The threat of hazardous conditions Sunday from freezing rain forced the observance to move online. The commemoration will stream here.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who is among 2021 MacArthur “genius grant” winners, will deliver the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration at 3 p.m.on Sunday, Jan. 16, in Duke Chapel.