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The Vision Series: James Trefil - "Why Creationism and Intelligent Design Should Not Be Taught in the Public Schools"

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Speaker: James Trefil Event Date: Monday, March 5, 2012 Attempts to introduce Creationism into public school science curricula have been a constant feature of American life since early in the twentieth century. These attempts raise two different kinds of issues. One of these is legal and concerns the question of whether or not they violate the First Amendment to the Constitution. The second is scientific, and concerns the question of whether Creationism…

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Vision Series - Before Toni Morrison and Alice Walker: The Forgotten Fiction of Ann Petry

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Speaker: Keith Clark Event Date: Monday, February 27, 2012 In a literary world dominated by such luminaries as Nobel prize winner Toni Morrison and Pulitzer prize winner Edward P. Jones, novelist and short story writer Ann Petry remains an undervalued--if not wholly undiscovered--treasure of African American literature. Primarily known as the sole woman member of the “Richard Wright School of Social Protest,” Petry has garnered attention almost exclusively…