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May 28, 2023
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4:00 pm
6:00 pm

An Afternoon With Dr. Lawrence Jackson

Join The Ivy in welcoming Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Lawrence Jackson for an afternoon discussion of his latest book, Shelter, and his broader work in Baltimore with the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts. The goals of the Billie Holiday Project are to document the history of African American life, literature and art in Baltimore and to foster intellectual ties between Johns Hopkins and the historic areas of Baltimore.

Lawrence Jackson, Ph.D., is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at the Johns Hopkins University and the author of the award-winning books Chester B. Himes: A Biography (W.W. Norton 2017), The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics (Princeton 2010), My Father’s Name: A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War (Chicago 2012) and Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius, 1913-1952 (Wiley 2002). His most recent books are Hold It Real Still: Clint Eastwood, Race, and the Cinema of the American West (Johns Hopkins University Press 2022) and Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore (Graywolf Press 2022). He earned a Ph.D. in English and American literature at Stanford University, and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the William J. Fulbright program. In addition to his writing and research, Jackson launched and now serves as director of the Billie Holiday Center for the Liberation Arts, an initiative that showcases and preserves the unique arts, history and culture of Baltimore.

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Free

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