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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Lampton, Ryan <rlampton@ku.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 23, 2019 3:26 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2019 Tuttle Lecture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please plan to attend this year’s Bill Tuttle Distinguished Lecture in American Studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">October 24, 4:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BlacKkKlansman and the Resurgence of Hate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">KU Professor of Film and Media Studies, Kevin Willmott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Professor Wilmott is a member of the KU faculty where he teaches in the Department of Film and Media Studies. In 2018 he was awarded both the Academy Award and
the BAFTA Award for best Adapted Screenplay for his co-writing of <i>Black KKKlansman</i>. The film also took the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Professor Wilmott has written, directed or acted in more than twelve films. His work includes
<i>Jayhawkers</i>, which tells the story of Wilt Chamberlain and the 1956 KU men’s basketball team;
<i>C.S.A.:</i> <i>The Confederate States of America</i>; <i>ChiRaq</i>, co-written with Spike Lee<i>
</i>and <i>The Only Good Indian</i>, for which he won the Best Director Award at the American Indian Film Festival. He is at work on two new projects.
<i><span style="background:white">I, Too, Sing America: Langston Hughes Unfurled</span></i><span style="background:white">, with a group of KU faculty</span> about the life and work of one-time Lawrence resident Langston Hughes and
<i>The 24<sup>th</sup></i> about the 1917 Houston riot. Originally from Junction City, Kansas, Kevin Wilmott earned his B.A. at Marymount College. Before pursuing an MFA at NYU, Tisch School of the Arts he worked to desegregate institutions in Kansas and organized
two Catholic Worker shelters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ryan Lampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">KU Department of American Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">213 Bailey Hall
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:rlampton@ku.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">rlampton@ku.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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