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SUMMARY:Convocation: Rudolph Byrd
DESCRIPTION:The Goodrich C. White Professor of American Studies at Emory University, Ru
 dolph Byrd began his academic career at Carleton College where he was a mem
 ber of the Department of English and Chair of the Program of African and Af
 rican American Studies. He joined the faculty of Emory University in 1991 a
 nd is the founding director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for Advan
 ced Interdisciplinary Studies, established in 2007. Named for James Weldon 
 Johnson, author, composer, educator, lawyer, diplomat, and pioneering leade
 r in the modern civil rights movement, the Johnson Institute is the first i
 nstitute at Emory University established to honor the achievements of an Am
 erican of African descent. One of the premiere sites in the nation for the 
 study of the modern civil rights movement, the work of the Johnson Institut
 e is to offer a framework for understanding the history and legacy of civil
  rights, and to provide a context to explain the ways in which the civil ri
 ghts movement continues to have relevance. The Johnson Institute is the hom
 e of the Alice Walker Literary Society, of which Byrd is the founding co-ch
 air. An engaged scholar committed to service and scholarship at the local a
 nd national levels, Byrd is also a consultant to the United Negro College F
 und/Andrew W. Mellon Programs. The title of his presentation is "Regarding 
 James Weldon Johnson."
LOCATION:Skinner Chapel
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