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CAU continues Du Bois series with look at scholar's autobiographies

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July 12, 2012

Clark Atlanta University will continue its year-long examination into the life and works of scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, by looking at his autobiographies Friday at noon in the Thomas W. Cole Jr. Research Center for Science and Technology Boardroom, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W.

Panelists for the forum include: Andrea Jackson of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives Research Center; Deborah Johnson Simon of the Study Center of African and African Diaspora Museums/Communities; Viktor Osinubi of CAU's humanities department; Asha Warren of CAU's English Department; and Stephanie Y. Evans, chair of the CAU Department of African American, Africana Women's Studies and History.

They will discuss "Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil;" "Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept;" and "The Autobiography of W. E. Burghardt Du Bois."

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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