Hutton Honors College

Courage in a Dangerous World:
A Discussion Lunch with Human Rights Scholar Allida Black

* Thursday, March 6, 2008 *
* 12:30-2 p.m. *
* Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth St. *
* SIGN-UP REQUIRED *

An expert on human rights, including the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and the early history of the United Nations, Allida Black is Research Professor of History and International Affairs at The George Washington University as well as project director and editor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, a project designed to preserve, teach, and apply Eleanor Roosevelt's writings and discussions of human rights and democratic parties. Black's scholarship, teaching, and lectures have focused on women and men who have had a profound impact on the world we live in: Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt; the Kennedys; first women Hillary Rodham Clinton, Betty Ford, and Laura Bush; and others. Black's many books and other publications include Courage in A Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt; The First Ladies (with Margaret Brown Klapthor); and the recently released first volume of Eleanor Roosevelt's papers, The Human Rights Years, 1945-48, with a foreword by Hillary Clinton. An example of applying "lessons from history" is Black's blueprint for revitalizing the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. This lunch is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program.

Allida Black will be on campus as the speaker for this year's Women's History Lunch, for which the Poynter Center is a co-sponsor. Black will give three public presentations about Eleanor Roosevelt and Human Rights:

Wednesday, March 5
"Women's Rights as Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt, Then and Now"
Women's History Lunch at Bloomington Convention Center, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
$15 lunch; reservation required: contact City of Bloomington, Community and Family Resources Department.

Wednesday, March 5
"'We are all on Trial...': Eleanor Roosevelt and the Battle for Human Rights"
Monroe County Public Library Auditorium, 303 East Kirkwood, 7 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Poynter Center. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 6
"Battling for Justice: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and American Politics"
Monroe County History Center, 202 East 6th Street, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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