Events & Calendars Trump: Point/Counterpoint Series: "Why 'Black Lives Matter' Matters"

The "Trump: Point/Counterpoint" conversation series features Amherst College professor, and host of NEPR's In Contrast, Ilan Stavans and a guest engaging in thoughtful discussion and attempting to bridge the ideological divide growing in our nation.

For the premier conversation, join Stavans and his guest, Wesley Lowery, as they discuss "Why 'Black Lives Matter' Matters."

Wesley Lowery is a Pulitzer Prize-winning national correspondent covering law enforcement, race and justice for The Washington Post and an on-air contributor for CNN. He has been the paper's lead reporter covering police shootings and the Black Lives Matter protest movement. His work has also appeared in The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated. His first book, the New York Times bestseller They Can't Kill Us All, was awarded the 2017 Christopher Isherwood prize for autobiographical prose by the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.

Free and open to the public
Presented by the Amherst College Class of 1970

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