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Renowned literature and humanities scholar to present at virtual gathering in commemoration of Black History Month at UWA

The babyÖ±²¥ will host Dr. Timothy Askew, professor of English and humanities at Clark Atlanta University, for a virtual event in commemoration of Black History Month. The event is co-sponsored by UWA’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and UWA CARES. There is no cost to participate, and the virtual event is open to the public. 

Askew is a National Endowment for the Humanities scholar and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in American literature, African American literature, autobiography and biography, southern literature, advanced grammar and composition, and a slate of specialty courses in English and humanities. 

Askew will present “Good Trouble: A Historical & Cultural Analysis of the Song, Lift Every Voice and Sing.” He has become a renowned scholar and lecturer on the song and published a book on it in 2018 entitled Cultural Hegemony and African American Patriotism: An Analysis of the Song, ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing.'”

Askew is a Morehouse College graduate and earned a master’s degree from Yale University and a doctorate from Emory University. 

He is also noted for having started a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society to Clark Atlanta, and is its founding president. 

Participants are encouraged to enter the Zoom event a few minutes prior to its beginning at 6 p.m. To know more, email Dr. B.J. Kimbrough. 

UWA CARES is funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.