February 9, 2011
Serving The Community Since 1948
Volume lXV Issue XI
The Pace Press University hosts awardwinning author Robinson IVONNA ThOMPSON news editor
the University hosted award winning author and activist randall robinson at an event Feb. 3 to discusses civil rights. the event, titled “An evening with randall robinson: relections on Civil rights at Home and Abroad,” was hosted by the office of the Provost, student development and Campus Activities (sdACA), the office of Multicultural Affairs (oMA) and P.A.C.e. Board. it was also co-sponsored by the Caribbean student Association and the nYC dean for students office. University President stephen J. Friedman and Provost dr. Harriet r. Feldman introduced robinson prior to his presentation. robinson grew up in richmond, Va. and met famed historical civil rights activist dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while he was in high school. He also lived through the bus boycott in Birmingham, Ala. He is a Harvard Law graduate and a professor of law at Penn state University. robinson established the mandate transAfrica in 1979, which promotes U.s. progressive policies towards Africa and the Caribbean. He resigned from transAfrica in 2001. during his presentation, robinson discussed how little information he knew when he was younger in the 1960s. “education, so much of what you read is not true. we have to understand that [in order] to pursue democracy with vigor, [we have to] know what the issues are.” Based on his own personal experiences, he stated that he knew about history, but not enough. “i knew nothing about Africa. i knew about Moses, but i did not know about his wife Zipporah. i knew about Cleopatra, but i did not know about the pharaohs and how they built the pyramids,” robinson said. in addition to the lack of knowledge that history records provide, “people who don’t know where they’ve been, have no idea where they are going,” robinson said. “it is a crime against humanity [to hide its history].” robinson also discussed the U.s. foreign policy, stating, “You can’t understand the crisis unless you know the history. nothing happens out of nothing, it’s like going into the middle of a movie without knowing the story. we’ve got to know something to make the right decisions.” He briefly touched on the subject of the riots in Continued on Page 2
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