MEDIA ADVISORY

January 18, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Frank W. Hale Jr. (614) 688-4255

International human-rights advocate to speak

Reparations for African Americans is topic of lecture

Randall Robinson, a Harvard-trained lawyer and international human-rights advocate, will discuss his support for reparations for African Americans at 9 a.m. Tuesday (1/22) in the Ohio Union Ballrooms, 1739 N. High St. This event is a part of the annual President and Provost’s Diversity Lecture Series.

Author of the national best-seller, “The Debt: What America Owes Blacks,” Robinson is the president of the Washington-based TransAfrica Forum, an organization dedicated to changing the United States’ foreign policy toward Africa and the Caribbean.

In addition to the issue of reparations, Robinson is working to highlight the impact of globalization on Africa, the Caribbean and America, and the effect of America’s prison system on African Americans.

            This event is free and open to the public.

           

WHAT:          Lecture given by Randall Robinson, president of the Washington-based TransAfrica forum and author of “The Debt: What America Owes Blacks.”                 

WHEN:            9 a.m. on Tuesday (1/22).                       

WHERE:       The Ohio Union Ballrooms, 1739 N. High St.                              

WHY:             Presented as a part of the President and Provost’s Diversity Lecture Series.   

 

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