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 Titled "Symbols of the Confederacy," Dr. Loewen will
lead a thought-provoking discussion regarding the controversial
practice of removing symbols of the Confederacy, statues and
monuments from towns, parks, campuses and government buildings –
sometimes under the cover of darkness.
Decatur, Ill., native Dr. James Loewen is a sociologist emeritus at
the University of Vermont where he taught race relations for 20
years and previously taught at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Miss.
Loewen now lives in Washington, D.C., continuing his research on how
Americans remember their past.
Author of "Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong,"
the Gustavus Myers Foundation named Loewen's book, "Sundown Towns: A
Hidden Dimension of American Racism," a Distinguished Book of 2005.
His other books include "Mississippi: Conflict and Change," which
won the Lillian Smith Award for Best Southern Nonfiction, "The
Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader" (University Press of
Mississippi, 2010), "Social Science in the Courtroom" and "Lies My
Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus."
Loewen has been an expert witness in more than 50
civil rights, voting rights and employment cases. His awards include
the First Annual Spivack Award of the American Sociological
Association for "sociological research applied to the field of
intergroup relations," the American Book Award (for "Lies My Teacher
Told Me") and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished
Anti-Racist Scholarship.
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Loewen is also a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of
American Historians and a Visiting Professor of Sociology at Catholic University
in Washington, D.C. In 2012, the American Sociological Association gave Loewen
its Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award for "scholarship in service to social justice."
Also in 2012, the National Council for Social Studies gave Loewen its Spirit of
America Award previously won by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Rosa Parks.
For more information about Dr. James Loewen, visit sundown.tougaloo.edu/. Dr.
Loewen will also be signing books following his speaking engagement at Millikin.
For more information about the event and Millikin University's Inclusive Lecture
Series, contact Millikin's Office of Student Development at 217.424.6395 or by
e-mail at stdev@millikin.edu.
[Millikin University Director of
Media Relations and Publications Dane Lisser]
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