‘Inside Newark’ Author Robert Curvin Returns To RU-N Dec. 3 for Book Talk with Kenneth Jackson

Advocate, activist, author and professor Dr. Robert Curvin will return to his alma mater, Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N), on Dec. 3 for “Inside Newark: A Conversation with Robert Curvin and Kenneth Jackson.” Curvin will discuss his latest book, Inside Newark: Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation (2014, Rutgers University Press) with historian and social scientist Dr. Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University Jacques Barzun Professor of History and Social Sciences.

For a preview of Wednesday’s program, watch Curvin discuss Inside Newark in a brief video interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-d6zV2OQ8A

 

 The Dec. 3 program will consist of readings from Curvin’s book and insightful analyses and discussions on the history and future of Newark. Copies of Inside Newark will be available for purchase and signing.  The free public program begins at 4 p.m. in the Paul Robeson Campus Center, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., on the RU-N campus. A reception with light refreshments will follow the discussion. Seating is limited; pre-registration is required: http://bit.ly/14-InsideNewark