Event Details

You are invited to the El-Kati Distinguished Lectureship in American Studies featuring Dr. Yohuru Williams, Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative which focuses on supporting racial justice education, facilitating research, and encouraging dialogue and critical conversations at the University of St. Thomas. Dr. Williams has appeared on a variety of local and national radio and television programs and is also one of the hosts of the History Channel’s Web show "Sound Smart." He is presently finishing a new book entitled In the Shadow of the Whipping Post: Lynching, Capital Punishment, and Jim Crow Justice in Delaware 1865-1965 under contract with Cambridge University Press.

This year’s  El-Kati Distinguished Lectureship will also feature a portrait unveiling of Professor El-Kati by Minneapolis artist Leslie Barlow. We hope you can join us in person or online.

Doors open at 6:45 PM.