Author Talks presents Lawrence Jackson

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Join Johns Hopkins alum and moderator Nichol Choi for a conversation with Lawrence Jackson, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History, on blending deep historical research and creative nonfiction.

Jackson will draw on his latest work, The Sampler: A Man, a Church, an Artifact, and a People in Baltimore, a book in progress that explores history, repatriation, and art's symbolism, to discuss themes that emerged during the establishment of St. James Episcopal Church in Baltimore, the first Episcopal church for African Americans in the South.

Jackson also will reference his memoir/history, In My Father's Name, a project that began when fragmented memories of childhood visits to his late grandfather's home in rural Virginia led to dogged historical research to excavate his family's history during slavery and the postbellum period.

A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the William J. Fulbright program, Jackson has also published biographies of Ralph Ellison and Chester B. Himes as well as the award-winning literary history The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics. In addition to teaching and writing, he directs the Billie Holiday Center for the Liberation Arts at Johns Hopkins University, whose mission is to forge connections between Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore's African American communities and cultural institutions.

The webinar is co-hosted by the Johns Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and the MA in Writing and MA in Science Writing programs.

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