Events Calendar
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Listed below are keynote events that are planned and hosted by the Common Reading Program itself. Our Coug Presence page lists both these events and additional events hosted by our partners.
“The Case of the 12-Year-Old Sheriff Killer: Herbert Niccolls and the Washington Justice System”
In the very early morning hours of August 5, 1931, just about 30 miles directly south of Pullman, Wash., Asotin County Sheriff John Wormell and his deputies responded to a […]
Just Mercy author Bryan Stevenson, Common Reading Invited Lecture
Beasley Coliseum 855 Fairway Ln, Pullman, WA, United StatesBryan Stevenson, author of the 2015-16 Common Reading book, Just Mercy, will deliver the annual Common Reading Invited Lecture, answer audience questions, and sign copies of his book. Proof of […]
Screening of the movie Selma
CUB auditoriumThis screening is being hosted by the MLK Committee as part of this year’s MLK observance, “Selma to Pullman: Honoring the Past, Creating the Future.” This film chronicles the […]
Anthropology Museum- Photography Exhibit by James Barker
College Hall 1345 Veterans Way, Pullman , WA, United StatesIn 1965, WSU staff member James Barker was asked by a group of WSU campus and Pullman community activists to travel from Pullman to Selma, Alab., to take photographs of […]
James Barker and David Warren on the 1965 Selma March
Holland/Terrell Library Atrium and YouTube Livestream 1400 Glenn Terrell Mall, Pullman, WA, United StatesIn 1965, WSU staff member James Barker was asked by a group of WSU campus and Pullman community activists to travel from Pullman to Selma to take photographs of the […]
Jasiri X, keynote speaker for the WSU MLK Community Celebration
CUB Senior BallroomJasiri X is the award-winning hip-hop artist, emcee, blogger, and community activist from Pittsburgh, Penn., who uses his music to provide a social commentary on a variety of issues. He […]
Anna Plemons (English) on “Changing the Narrative: Prison Writing in the Age of Mass Incarceration”
Bundy Reading Room- Avery Hall 655 Veterans Way, Pullman, WA, United StatesAnna Plemons, who for many years has taught writing to inmates in California’s New Folsom Prison, takes up Bryan Stevenson’s call to “change the narratives that sustain inequality and injustice.” […]
Paula Young Shelton workshop on “Teaching Social Justice in the Elementary Classroom”
Paula Young Shelton, the daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, is an early childhood educator and the author of the children’s book Child of the Civil Rights Movement. This […]