Former URI professor of History and Africana Studies, Dr. Peniel Joseph will return to campus to discuss what some label as “Post-Racial America”. In the wake of the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, etc. Dr. Joseph will discuss their untimely deaths and race relations within the United States.

The event will start at 7 p.m. on April 7 in the Agnes G. Doody Auditorium, Swan Hall, 30 Upper College Road, on the Kingston campus.
A panel discussion with URI professors will follow at 7:45 p.m. Participating in the discussion will be URI history professors Robert Widell and Rae Ferguson. Naomi R. Thompson, associate vice president for the Office of Community, Equity and Diversity, will moderate the discussion.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, click here.