Ohio State is in the process of revising websites and program materials to accurately reflect compliance with the law. While this work occurs, language referencing protected class status or other activities prohibited by Ohio Senate Bill 1 may still appear in some places. However, all programs and activities are being administered in compliance with federal and state law.

ETHICS EVENTS: Tommie Shelby, "Prisons of the Forgotten: King on Ghettos and Economic Justice"

Tommie Shelby
January 13, 2017
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Mershon Center for International Security Studies

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies presents

 

Tommie Shelby

 

"Prisons of the Forgotten: King on Ghettos and Economic Justice"

 

Tommie Shelby received his B.A. from Florida A & M University (1990) and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh (1998). Prior to coming to Harvard in 2000, he taught philosophy at Ohio State University (1996-2000). His main areas of research and teaching are Africana philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, and social theory.
 
He is the author of We Who Are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity (Harvard, 2005) and co-editor (with Derrick Darby) of Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason (Open Court, 2005).
 
For more information and to register for this event, please visit the Mershon Center's event page.