Contact information
Name:
Katie Stafford
Phone:
4846020243
Email:
staffoko@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Where:
Gendebien
Presenter:
Nora Gardner
Price:
Free
Writer Langston Hughes spent his most prolific months covering the Spanish Civil War as a war correspondent at 36 years of age, connecting the US black experience with the looming threat of fascism in Spain. Come hear Assistant Professor Nora Gardner (Lincoln University)speak about how the war in Spain transformed Hughes' vision and work, and how Hughes offered/offers a counter perspective on the conflict.
Sponsored by:
LLS, AS, English, Humanities Center