Overflow crowd greets social justice advocate
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 17
Author and scholar Cornel West delivered a stirring lecture Thursday night to a crowd of more than 600 people at the University of Alabama’s Morgan Hall auditorium. West’s speech, which was part of the Martin Luther King Distinguished Lecture Series, touched on a wide array of topics, including racism, religion, death and love…
Crimson White – Oct. 17
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 16
Collection of African-American Art Donated to University of Alabama
Diverse Issues in Higher Education – Oct. 17
After more than two years of courtship, Paul R. Jones donated his vast collection of African-American art to the University of Alabama. The new stewards of the $4.8 million collection plan to display pieces on campus and loan works to other universities and museums. “It’s significant beyond measure,” said Robert Olin, dean of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences at a news conference Tuesday. “We’ve only begun the possibilities this gift brings.” With more than 1,700 pieces, it is considered one of the largest collections of African-American art, and was coveted by more than Olin and UA. But Jones said he picked Tuscaloosa for several reasons, chief among them is Alabama. Though he lives in Atlanta, he was born in Bessemer. “This is my way of coming back home in wanting to give a gift to the state of my birth,” he said. “This is a gift to Alabama and Alabamians.”…
ArtInfo.com – Oct. 17
Former South African president to speak
Crimson White – Oct. 17
F.W. de Klerk, former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, will lecture today in Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant-Denny Conference Center for the 2008 Frank A. Nix lecture on ethical leadership presented by the Blackburn Institute…
Lanoue Says Expect More Mud Slinging
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Oct. 16
University of Alabama political science chair Dr. David Lanous says just expect more negative campaigning from the candidates…