Civil liberties expert to speak at Longwood for MLK Day

Frank H. Wu, a law professor, author and commentator who
specializes in civil liberties issues, will be the speaker for Longwood
University's observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.

Wu will speak Thursday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium
on Toward Racial Justice: Renewing the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
for the annual Martin Luther King Symposium. A candlelight procession will
begin at 7 that evening in front of the Dining Hall and proceed to Jarman.
Both the Symposium and the procession are open to the public.

Wu is a member of the faculty of the Howard University School of
Law in Washington, D.C. This year he is a visiting professor at the
University of Michigan, where he earned his law degree. He is the author of
Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White and the co-author of the
textbook Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American
Interment, and his more than 200 articles have appeared in numerous
newspapers and magazines. He has had a column in A. Magazine, formerly the
largest Asian American interest periodical; was the Washington
correspondent for Asian Week; has been a guest host of more than two dozen
episodes of Asian America, a PBS-syndicated show; and has appeared
frequently on other public affairs-oriented TV programs, sometimes debating
affirmative action.

"He's a timely speaker, and his appearance gives our campus and our
community an opportunity to ask the tough questions," said Lonnie Calhoun,
director of Multicultural Affairs, one of several offices and organizations
sponsoring his visit.

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