Aaron McGruder at Emory!
Aug. 22nd, 2002 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiFree Speech in a Time of War
Featuring Aaron McGruder
Creator of "The Boondocks"
8pm September 10, 2002
Glenn Memorial Auditorium
Part of the Rethinking Just War" events series
A graudate of the University of Maryland in African American Studies, cartoonist Aaron McGruder created The Boondocks in 1997. Now circulated in some 210 newspapers, the comic strip the tells story of a group of African American city kids adjusting to life in white suburbia.
A recent issue of Utne Reader highlighted McGruder’s work, noting that McGruder and other cartoonists are often the only consistent voice of opposition to the current war on terrorism available in national newspapers. What are the rights and responsibilities of free speech in a time of war? Are there limits we should recognize? Or is everything fair game?
Doors open at 7:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Fishburne Deck and the B. Jones Lot on campus.
Anyone want to babysit that night? I'm pretty sure both![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shadesong and I will wanna be there. And if we can't make it, anyone wanna sneak in a tape recorder?
Featuring Aaron McGruder
Creator of "The Boondocks"
8pm September 10, 2002
Glenn Memorial Auditorium
Part of the Rethinking Just War" events series
A graudate of the University of Maryland in African American Studies, cartoonist Aaron McGruder created The Boondocks in 1997. Now circulated in some 210 newspapers, the comic strip the tells story of a group of African American city kids adjusting to life in white suburbia.
A recent issue of Utne Reader highlighted McGruder’s work, noting that McGruder and other cartoonists are often the only consistent voice of opposition to the current war on terrorism available in national newspapers. What are the rights and responsibilities of free speech in a time of war? Are there limits we should recognize? Or is everything fair game?
Doors open at 7:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Fishburne Deck and the B. Jones Lot on campus.
Anyone want to babysit that night? I'm pretty sure both
shadesong and I will wanna be there. And if we can't make it, anyone wanna sneak in a tape recorder?![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2002-08-22 04:16 pm (UTC)Gonna have to plan to make this....