University of Wisconsin - Rock County
2909 Kellogg Avenue
Janesville, WI 53546
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E-Mail: uroffice@uwc.edu
Phone: 608-758-6530

2/23/2009

Read-In at UW-Rock County Honors African American Authors

Janesville – UW-Rock County will participate in the twentieth annual National African American Read-In on Thursday, February 26, at noon in the lower lobby of Williams Hall on the campus at 2909 Kellogg Avenue.
The public is invited to hear students, staff and faculty read selections from their favorite African American authors during this hour-long event. Featured authors may include Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Phyllis Wheatley.
Three campus student groups, Sigma Kappa Delta English Honor Society, the Multicultural Student Union and The Alliance, are the local sponsors for the event. The event is sponsored nationally by the Black Caucus of National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and NCTE in an effort to make the celebration of African American literacy a traditional part of Black History Month activities.
For more information about the event, contact John Pruitt, UW-Rock County assistant professor of English, at john.pruitt@uwc.edu.
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