50th Anniversary Commemoration of the publication of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth

Thursday, February 10th 2011
University Center, University of Memphis

499 University Street

Featuring Lewis Gordon, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy, Temple University. Dr. Gordon will reflect on the publication, influence, and underlying social issues of Fanon’s world-famous tract on decolonization, "The Wretched of the Earth." This 1961 publication served as a blueprint for national liberation struggles around the world and greatly influenced the Black Power movement.

6:00 p.m. Reception, 6:30 p.m. lecture. 


Sponsored by the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, U of M. Co-Sponsored by the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change. 
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