BSBC Discussion with Dr. Leslie Alexander
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We are thrilled to bring acclaimed historian Dr. Leslie Alexander to campus. As usual, the public lecture (which is free and open to the public) will be followed by a smaller book club discussion held the next day over lunch (also free and open to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis, but registration is required). The featured text will be Dr. Alexander's book, Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States. We have free copies available for you to pick up in the Africana Studies Office in the Hebert Hall 300 Suite (while supplies last). Details for the Black Studies Book Club Discussion Meeting The book club meeting will feature an in-depth discussion of Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States.

Participants must register in advance and commit to reading the book before the meeting. Lunch will be provided.

Date: Friday, November 13 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Location: Provided upon registration

Official Registration RSVP HERE

 
About Dr. Leslie Alexander
Dr. Leslie Alexander is a renowned historian and scholar specializing in early African American history, Black internationalism, and slave resistance movements. She serves as a leading voice in African Diaspora Studies and has authored and edited multiple groundbreaking works exploring the political, social, and cultural networks of the Black Atlantic.

About the Book
Dr. Alexander's Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States examines how the Haitian Revolution inspired Black political consciousness in the 19th-century U.S. The book explores how free and enslaved Black people in the United States viewed Haiti as a beacon of liberation and built trans-national solidarity networks that laid the foundation for modern Black internationalism.