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By Susan Gonzalez April 30, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Beverly Gage President Joe Biden has nominated Yale historian Beverly Gage ’94 B.A. to the National Council on the Humanities, a board of 26 distinguished private citizens who advise the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the White House announced on April 28. Gage, a professor of history and American studies and the Brady-Johnson Professor of Grand Strategy, is one of four individuals nominated to the council, which meets three times a year to review grant applications and advise the NEH chair. National Council members bring expertise and leadership in a range of humanities fields and serve staggered six-year terms. The U.S. Senate confirms the appointments of the president’s nominees.
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Pollard uses his newest documentary “MLK/FBI” to investigate the FBI’s harassment of Martin Luther King Jr. (Shriya Jayanthi | Daily Trojan) The School of Cinematic Arts held a live Zoom screening of “MLK/FBI” Wednesday, the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The recipient of rave reviews and praised for its timeliness and cultural relevance, “MLK/FBI” dissects the escalating tensions between the two titular parties throughout King’s career. The evening started with an announcement by Victoria Renee, co-president of USC’s African American Cinema Society (AACS) about an upcoming event, and then moved into the live screening. The screening was followed by a Q&A with “MLK/FBI” director Sam Pollard and moderated by Nana Adwoa Frimpong, a graduate student studying film and television production.
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