Activist who took down Confederate flag will speak at Vanderbilt

[struggle4progress]

by Ann Marie Deer Owens | Mar. 14, 2016, 6:57 AM

Bree Newsome .. will speak at Vanderbilt Divinity School March 22.

Newsome’s lecture, “Tearing Hatred from the Sky,” will begin at 6 p.m. in Benton Chapel. Her talk will be video-streamed for posting later on the Vanderbilt Divinity YouTube channel ...

On June 27 Newsome woke up before dawn, strapped on climbing equipment and climbed a 30-foot flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse grounds to remove the Confederate flag. Then she and a colleague were arrested on charges of defacing monuments on public grounds, jailed and later released on bond ...

Newsome grew up in Maryland the daughter of Clarence G. Newsome, who was a longtime dean of Howard University’s School of Divinity ...

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/03/activist-who-took-down-confederate-flag-will-speak-at-vanderbilt/

[cleanhippie]

1. Is there a reason you chose to post this here in the Religion group?

While her story is compelling, what's your point?

[Act_of_Reparation]

2. Fear not, cleanhippie.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone whitesplain and theosplain at the same time, but I get the distinct feeling the planets have aligned this day...

[cleanhippie]

5. It wasn't either of those, surprisingly.

But I'm not surprised at all it was posted here. The pickings have been slim on google lately it seems.

[struggle4progress]

3. "at Vanderbilt Divinity School"

[cleanhippie]

4. And?

This is a stretch, even you you.

Google not turning up anything galop-worthy these days?

[struggle4progress]

6. Or! Nand! Xor!

[cleanhippie]

7. Exactly.