CENTER FOR "RACE," CULTURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
COLLOQUIA SERIES A Conversation with Philip Dalton, PhD, Associate Professor, Writing Studies and Rhetoric and Director, Center for Civic Engagement
Condemning Racial Terror Appropriately? A Critique of an Anti-Racist Mural in Elgin, IL This talk centers on a 2016 controversy that emerged in Elgin, IL, around a publicly-funded mural titled "American Nocturne," meant to condemn racism. After a decade on display, passersby noticed that the source work of the mural was a 1930 black and white photo of white people at the lynching of two black men. The mural, which depicts only the white mob in the lower half of the photo, had been displayed all those years with no credit to that original image or historical context. In this presentation, Hofstra University Professor Philip Dalton will offer analysis of differing perspectives on the mural and the artist’s intent. Using epideictic theory, he will demonstrate why the artist’s arguments about the meaning and intent of the mural were ultimately unable to withstand protestors’ critical scrutiny. Register in advance.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022, 1:00-2:25 P.M. Roosevelt Hall, 203, South Campus. Free and open to the public. Information: Call 516-463-6585 or email RaceCultureSocialJustice@hofstra.edu.
Register online in advance at events.hofstra.edu.
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