Oct. 14: National Agenda
UD alumnus Peter Bailey to be featured in 'Race in America' series
8:50 a.m., Oct. 8, 2015--Journalist and interviewer Peter Bailey will return to his alma mater to speak in the University of Delaware’s National Agenda speaker and film series on “Race in America: Conversations about Identity and Equality.”
Bailey will speak at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Oct. 14, in Mitchell Hall on the UD campus in Newark.
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The presentation, which will be moderated by Lindsay Hoffman, associate professor in UD’s Department of Communication and associate director of the Center for Political Communication, is free and open to the public.
Bailey reports on the urban struggle and those disenfranchised by poverty, especially in Miami, where he resides.
He penned Trick Daddy’s memoir Magic City: Trials of a Native Son, which was named by The New York Times as one of the pop music gems of 2010.
Following success with the memoir, Bailey created the docu-series NiteCap with Peter Bailey, where he has interviewed several American pop culture icons, including entertainers Waka Flocka, Wyclef Jean, 50 Cent and Ice T.
Bailey’s reporting has been published in Time, Newsweek and the Miami Herald, among others.
About the series
The 2015 National Agenda series includes six speakers and four films designed to stimulate conversations about equality and identity, all scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in Mitchell Hall on the UD campus in Newark. Presentations are free and open to the public.
The director of the series is Lindsay Hoffman, associate director of UD's Center for Political Communication.
National Agenda is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of the Provost, the Center for the Study of Diversity and the William P. Frank Foundation of Delaware.
Article by Michelle Rind
Photo by Lane McLaughlin