LA: Oct 24, 2022 – ABDELLALI HAJJAT DISCUSSES HIS BOOK “THE WRETCHED OF FRANCE – THE 1983 MARCH FOR EQUALITY AND AGAINST RACISM”

Exile and Resistance: Migrants and Refugees in Literature, History, and Public Affairs, a collaboration between the Max Kade Institute, USC Libraries, and USC Dornsife’s Department of French and Italian continues with this book talk on Monday, October 24, at 4 PM in Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240: with Prof. Abdellali Hajjat discussing his book, “The Wretched of France: the 1983 March for Equality and Against Racism.”

In 1983 youths from the working-class suburbs of Lyon led the March for Equality and against Racism.  The book contemplates the protest’s lasting significance in France as well as its impact within the context of larger and comparable movements for civil rights, particularly in the United States.

When: Monday 24 October 2022 at 4:00 pm
Where: Doheny Memorial Library, DML 240, 3550 Trousdale Pkwy (University Park Campus)

 

For more information, please visit www.dornsife.usc.edu