Irvine : abolitionist is topic of lecture at uci

Deborah McDowell, an expert in African-American literature, will discuss the life of abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass on Friday at UC Irvine. McDowell’s lecture, “In the First

Place: Making Frederick Douglass and the African-American Narrative Tradition,” is one in a series of chancellor’s distinguished lectures begun last year to encourage diversity at UCI. The

talk will be from 3 to 5 p.m. in the campus’s Cross-Cultural Center. Admission is free. McDowell, editor of the Black Women Writers Series published by Beacon Press, is an associate

professor of English at the University of Virginia. In the lecture, McDowell will discuss Douglass’ 1845 autobiography and critique the work. For more information, call (714) 856-6713. MORE

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