LOCATION: Fenwick Reading Room

"LOOKING FOR JIMMY" with David Leeming

A presentation & conversation: Noon-1:15 pm, Fenwick Reading Room, GMU, Fairfax, VA Professor Keith Clark will host David Leeming, who met James Baldwin in Istanbul in 1961. In 1994, Knopf published Leeming’s “James Baldwin: A Biography.” Leeming will give a 30-45 minute presentation followed by a conversation with Keith Clark.

"WHY BALDWIN MATTERS" Panel

Panel Discussion: 1:30pm-2:45 pm, Fenwick Reading Room, GMU, Fairfax, VA Why Baldwin Matters - Friendship, Scholarship and Imagination - a panel led by Keith Clark - featuring Nicholas Delbanco, Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din, and Rae Mitchell. Reception to follow: Robeson Room, Center for African and African American Studies, Johnson Center, GMU, Fairfax, VA