Africana Studies Distinguished Speakers lecture: Charles Blow

Author, CNN commentator and New York Times columnist Charles Blow will deliver the University of Idaho’s inaugural Africana Studies Distinguished Speakers lecture online at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, with registration at bit.ly/UIBlow. Blow’s columns focus on social justice, racial equality, presidential politics, police violence, gun control and the Black Lives Matter movement. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” and his latest work, “The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto,” provides insights into thinking about race and geography.