LECTURE
about
"'To the Spirit!': The Art of William Christopher and the Civil Rights Movement"
When
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
5:30-6:30PM
Where
Hood Auditorium
sponsor
Hood Museum of Art
Intended Audience(s)
Public
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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
alison.m.palizzolo@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2808
Permanent URL: https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=30487