TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Mar 30, 2021

Vanderbilt University John L. Seigenthaler Professor of American History Rhonda Y. Williams will deliver the next lecture in Vanderbilt Law School’s Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination beginning tomorrow at noon CDT. Williams is a historian of low-income Black women’s and marginalized people’s experiences, everyday lives, politics and social struggles. Her research contributes to the rethinking of gender, political identity, citizenship, civil rights, Black liberation struggles and interactions with the U.S. state. The lecture series seeks to provide foundational knowledge on race, civil rights, discrimination on the basis of gender and sexual orientation, and critical historical milestones and their importance. The event is free and open to the public. Register online.