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Marc Lamont Hill to appear at MLK Day event
by Cortney Langley | December 23, 2014
Commentator and African American Studies ProfessorMarc Lamont Hillwill come to William & Mary as the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration keynote speaker on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015.
The event, which honors the life and legacy of King, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Sadler Center’s Commonwealth Auditorium. Sponsored by the Center for Student Diversity, the talk is free and open to the public.
Hill, distinguished professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College in Atlanta, is the host of HuffPost Live and BET News, as well as a political contributor on CNN. He is former host of the nationally syndicated television show “Our World With Black Enterprise” and a former contributor to the Fox News Channel.
“We are excited to welcome Dr. Hill to William & Mary,” said Vernon Hurte, senior associate dean of students and director of the Center for Student Diversity. “The tragic events in Ferguson and New York City has pushed us, once again, to engage in a meaningful and honest discussion about race in America. I know that Dr. Hill’s insight will inspire and challenge us as we further this important discussion here at
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Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill is the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities and Solutions at Temple University. Hill’s scholarly research interests include digital activism, mass incarceration and urban education. He is the author several books, including "Nobody; Gentrifier"; and "Beats, Rhymes and Classroom Life". Marc Lamont Hill is also the host of BET News and a CNN political commentator.
An award-winning journalist, Dr. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Since his days as a youth in Philadelphia, Hill has been a social justice activist and organizer. He is a founding board member of My5th, a non-profit organization devoted to educating youth about their legal rights and responsibilities. He is also a board member and organizer of the Philadelphia Student Union. Hill also works closely with the ACLU Drug Reform Project, focusing on drug informant policy.
Over the past years, he has actively worked on campaigns to end the death penalty release numerous political prisoners. Most recently, Hill founded The People’s Education Center, a Philadelphia (Germantown) based non-profit organization for community ba