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Lecture by Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie: “Food and Politics Have Been Like Peas in a Pod, 1876 to the Present”
October 15, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie is a professor of history and foodways at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He is the author of several books, including “Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution,” “Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America,” and “Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures.” His lecture examines the historical relationship between food, drink, and politics, and regional differences across the United States.
- This event is free and open to the public.
- “Turner Lecture addresses food and politics Oct. 15‘”
- This lecture will be live-streamed on Google Meet. To view the lecture or for more information, contact Dr. Adam Dean, John M. Turner Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, at dean.aw@lynchburg.edu.
This event is part of the 2020-21 John M. Turner Lecture in the Humanities.
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