ONLINE! From Columbus to Aunt Jemima, Icons are Falling
Code: SL51006
Dates: October 9, 2020
Meets: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Sessions: 1
Course Fee: $35.00
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Statues are being torn down across the nation. Racist brand names have been abolished. Sports teams are changing their mascots. Is this all a part of the "cancel culture," or is it a necessary reckoning with America's troubled past? Are we living through a badly needed cleansing or an Orwellian obliteration?
Doug Swanson
Doug J. Swanson teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of seven books, most recently "Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers." He was for many years an investigative reporter and editor at the Dallas Morning News. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and spent a year as a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.N/A
