Hutton Honors College

Pizza Discussion Supper: "Speaking Truth to Power" with Darlene Clark Hine, professor of history at Michigan State University.

This is a small-group program and requires participants to sign up in advance. Participants must be IU undergraduates and must sign up using the established procedures. For complete sign-up procedures, see http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eiubhonor/hdextra/signup.php.

Throughout her career, Darlene Clark Hine, John H. Hannah Distinguished Professor of History at Michigan State, has been a pioneer, researching and writing about history that others neglected, particularly the history of African American women. "Historians can write a history of anything or anyone," she has noted, "but the key is the historian must decide that thing, event, person or group is worthy of investigation and apparently no one had ever thought Black women . . . were worth studying." She made a commitment to "shattering that silence."

Her numerous award-winning publications range from specialized studies on black women to general African American history, and she has consulted on and appeared in several PBS documentaries. Among her works are A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America (co-authored); The Harvard Guide to African-American History (co-edited); Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in the Diaspora (co-authored); and Speak Truth to Power: Black Professional Class in United States History. Professor Hine also served as president of the Organization of American Historians-the leading professional organization for U. S. history-in 2001-2002. Join this scholar for a discussion about the collection of histories from previously overlooked groups; about new ways of thinking about race, gender, and social justice in American history and society; and about historians who cross boundaries in their teaching as well as their research.

Professor Hine, on campus as a Patten Lecturer, will deliver her first lecture, "Black Professionals: The Intersection of Race, Class and Gender, 1890-1930," on Monday, April 12, and her second, "Black Before Brown: Health, Education, Social Welfare Professionals, 1930-1954," on Wednesday, April 14. Both lectures will start at 7:30 p.m. in Myers 130 and are free and open to the public.