CLAS Lecture: "Race, Politics, and the Drama of Obama"

On Tuesday, Presidential hopeful and US Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) delivered a speech on race in America. On 7 April 2008, at 7:00pm at ASU's Gammage Auditorium, Pulitizer-winning columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. will deliver the annual College of Liberal Arts and Science's A. Wade Smith Memorial Lecture on Race Relations. Entitled "Race, Politics, and the Drama of Obama", Mr. Pitts will discuss Tuesday's Obama speech and race issues in America.

The full press release from ASU is at http://asunews.asu.edu/20080318_awadesmith.

The lecture is free and open to the public, though tickets are required and available online at clas.asu.edu/smithlecture or at ASU Bookstores. Additional information is available at ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, (480) 965-1441.

-Edward Jensen