'The Black History of the White House': Clarence Lusane speaks at UMBC

Examine the racial politics linked to one of the world's most iconic buildings -- the White House.

Join the UMBC campus, Wednesday, March 26 as guest scholar Clarence Lusane of American University uses the White House as a vehicle to discuss the historic and contemporary racial politics of the United States in the forum, "The Black History of the White House: from Washington to Obama."

Clarence Lusane's biography from American University's website:

"Dr. Clarence Lusane is the program director for Comparative and Regional Studies [at American University]. He teaches courses in comparative race relations, modern social movements, comparative politics of the Americas and Europe and jazz and international relations. He is a national columnist for the Black Voices syndicated news network, and has published his writings in national publications and presented them at leading American and international universities and in the international media. He is the Co-Chair of U.S. Civil Society Committee of the Brazil-U.S. Joint Action Plan for the Elimination of Racism, a government-to-government project to address the issue of racism in Brazil. He is also the Co-Chair of the TransAfrica Forum Scholars Council, and a long-standing board member of the Institute of Policy Studies. Dr. Lusane's latest book is The Black History of the White House."

An emblem of American freedom and leadership, the White House -- contructed through slave labor, now home to President Obama -- is part of a dynamic racial history. See the building in a new light. "The Black History of the White House" will begin at 4 p.m. on the 7th floor of UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library, March 27, 2013. This event is free and open to the public.

Learn more about this lecture and others in this year's series of Social Sciences Forum at http://www.umbc.edu/socsforum/.