CANCELED: “A Deeper Black: Race in America,” Ta-Nehisi Coates, Journalist and Author, College of Charleston TD Arena, October 18th, 2016, 6:30 pm - College of Charleston Libraries

Unfortunately, Ta-Nehisi Coates has cancelled his lecture at the College of Charleston’s TD Arena on October 18th, 2016 due to an unexpected change in his schedule. The Race and Social Justice Initiative team is looking into rescheduling options for a later date and will release another Eventbrite site. This event is postponed until further notice. Please contact Daron Lee Calhoun, II with any questions or concerns: calhoundl@cofc.edu

The Charleston County Public Library’s John L. Dart Library will still host a discussion of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates on Thursday, October 20th at 6pm. This discussion will be led by radio personality and local educator Kevin Smith, as part of the Dart after Dark: Book Discussion Circle. For more information please see: http://www.ccpl.org/ 

The College of Charleston’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) is funded and founded by Google, and this event is co-sponsored by the Charleston County Public Library, South Carolina Humanities, the SC Community Loan Fund, Coastal Community Foundation, SunTrust, the Avery Institute, and the Sophia Institute. For more information about RSJI, please see: http://avery.cofc.edu/programs/the-race-and-social-justice-initiative/