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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kevin McGruder\, associate professor of history at Antioch 
 College\, will address the theme “We Sure Do Need It Now: Developing a Plan
  to Counter the Attacks on Efforts to Achieve a More Equitable Society” as 
 the 2025 Black History Month Lecture at Hope College on Thursday\, Feb. 27\
 , at 3:30 p.m. in Schaap Auditorium of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student C
 enter.\n\nThe public is invited.  Admission is free.\n\nThe doors will open
  at 3:15 p.m.  There will also be an opportunity for the audience to partic
 ipate in a question-and-answer panel discussion following the presentation.
 \n\nThe presentation will reflect on the national demonstration that follow
 ed the May\, 2020 murder of George Floyd that led to a broadening of stated
  commitments to diversity\, equity and inclusion initiatives\, and how they
  were met with a campaign to distort their purposes\, and more recently\, t
 o dismantle many such programs on college campuses and in private industry.
  As noted in the event’s description: “The goal of the original initiatives
 \, achieving a more equitable society is still needed. What can we do to ac
 hieve this goal?”\n\nDrawing on ideas presented in his chapter in the 2024 
 anthology “The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic 
 Freedom” (Beacon Press)\, McGruder will explain how the knowledge developed
  by academics can be linked with the strategies of media practitioners and 
 community organizers to create a campaign for an equitable society that wil
 l be equal to efforts to convince Americans that an equitable society is so
 mething to fear.\n\nKevin McGruder’s interest in community formation led to
  a career in community development. Now as an academic\, his research inter
 ests include African American institutions\, urban history and LGBTQ histor
 y.\n\nHe has a B.A. in economics from Harvard University\, an M.B.A. in rea
 l estate finance from Columbia University\, and a Ph.D. in U.S. history fro
 m the City University of New York.  He is co-author of “Witness: Two Hundre
 d Years of African-American Faith and Practice at the Abyssinian Baptist Ch
 urch of Harlem\, New York.” He is author of “Race and Real Estate: Conflict
  and Cooperation in Harlem\, 1890-1920” (2015) and “Philip Payton: The Fath
 er of Black Harlem” (2021)\, and editor of “Home at Last: The Collected Wri
 tings of AIDS Journalist LeRoy Whitfield” (2022). He is a producer of “Loud
  as the Rolling Sea\,” a podcast focusing on African Americans past and pre
 sent in Yellow Springs\, Ohio\, that is broadcast on WYSO public radio stat
 ion.\n\nFebruary is national Black History Month.  The lecture is being pre
 sented by the college’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion in collaboration
  with the Black Student Union\, and the Office of Culture and Inclusive Exc
 ellence.\n\nTo inquire about accessibility or if you need accommodations to
  fully participate in the event\, please email accommodations@hope.edu.  Up
 dates related to events are posted when available at hope.edu/calendar in t
 he individual listings.\n\nThe Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center is at 
 115 E. 12th St.\, at the center of the Hope campus between College and Colu
 mbia avenues along the former 12th Street.  Schaap Auditorium is near the b
 uilding’s southwest corner.
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LOCATION:Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center\, Schaap Auditorium
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SUMMARY:2025 Black History Month Lecture 
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URL:https://calendar.hope.edu/event/black-history-month-lecture
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