*Event located at East Lansing Public Library*

In anticipation of Ilyasah Shabazz' visit to campus, we will discuss her latest young adult novel about her father, The Awakening of Malcolm X. John Aerni-Flessner will lead our discussion at the East Lansing Public Library on Thursday January 16th at 7pm. The East Lansing Public Library is located at 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI, 48823. Free and open to the public. All are welcome!

Dr. John Aerni-Flessner teaches in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) at MSU. He is a Core Faculty member of the MSU African Studies Center and a Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of the Free State (South Africa). His research has primarily focused on the history of the southern African country of Lesotho. He has taught courses on Malcolm X and, with his students, researched and created the digital project Malcolm X in Lansing.

For those unable to attend in person, the event will be broadcast at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84499956594

Cosponsored by The Islamic Center of Greater Lansing, LATTICE (Linking All Types of Teachers to International Cross Cultural Education), and Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation of Metro Lansing.