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KU Commons Presents the Kenneth Spencer Lecture: An Evening with Brea Baker

Liberty Hall

644 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA Kansas

38.9714902 -95.2356714

Liberty Hall

Description

Doors: 6:00pm Event: 7:00 - 8:30pm Another Case for Reparations: Black Land, Intergenerational Theft, and Models for Repairing Harm Brea Baker is the author of "Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership" (2024). She believes deeply in nuanced storytelling and Black culture to drive change, and she has commented on race, gender, and sexuality for Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Refinery29, Them, and more. Her writing has been featured in the anthologies Our History Has Always Been Contraband and No Justice, No Peace. A Yale alumna, Baker has been recognized as a 2017 Glamour Woman of the Year, a 2019 i-D Up + Rising, and a 2023 Creative Capital awardee. She has spoken at the United Nations’ Girl Up Initiative, Yale Law School, the Youth to Youth Summit in Hong Kong, the Museum of the City of New York, and elsewhere. Tickets are available at no cost. Doors open 1 hour prior to showtime (6pm/7pm). This free RSVP guarantees entry to the event up to 15 minutes before the start time, after which any unoccupied seats will be opened for public entry and walk up patrons. Event is in the Main Theater with balcony and floor seating. The top tier of the Main Theater floor is wheelchair accessible. All tickets are General Admission. Please be advised that firearms or weapons of any kind are not permitted in Liberty Hall. All entrants to public events may be subject to wanding and/or pat-down and bag searches upon each entry to the facility. Please arrive early to ensure entry prior to event start time. No outside food or drink. No backpacks or large bags/purses are allowed. Liberty Hall assumes no liability for any items left at the door. For a full list of prohibited items and more information on Liberty Hall policies, visit LibertyHall.net/about: http://www.libertyhall.net/about Copies of Brea Baker's book "Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership" (2024) will be sold at the event by the Raven Book Store.

Times

Start: 2025-02-20T19:00:00-06:00

End: 2025-02-20T20:30:00-06:00

Tickets

General Admission RSVP 0.0 USD 480

ADA General Admission RSVP 0.0 USD 20