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RICHLAND “Race and the War on Poverty: Black Community Organizers Before Obama,” is the topic of a lunchtime lecture Thursday at WSU Tri-Cities.
Robert Bauman, associate professor of history and an expert in the history of the civil rights movement, will speak at noon Feb. 26 in the East Auditorium, 2710 University Drive, Richland. Admission is free and open to the public.
Bauman will address how grassroots leaders mobilize black community members around issues, from voter registration to equitable city services, and how civil rights movements in the 1960s and 1970s relate to the U.S. history being created today.
Bauman teaches American history at WSU Tri-Cities. His research interests include race and ethnicity in the American West, poverty and public policy. His latest book, “Race & The War on Poverty From Watts to East L.A.,” was published in December. Bauman also is scheduled to sign books at noon Feb. 28 at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Columbia Center mall, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick.
Thursday’s lecture is part of the WSU Tri-Cities Spring 2009 Liberal Arts Season of Events.
To get to the WSU Tri-Cities East Auditorium, drive north on George Washington Way, immediately past Hanford High turn right on Sprout Road, follow Sprout to the end, then turn left into campus.
