[Peace] James Loewen, in-residence at Unit One/Allen Hall

[Laura Haber]

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James Loewen will be a Guest-in-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall September 22,
2002 – October 12, 2002. His opening program, “Lies My Teacher Told Me: How to
Fix American History” will take place Sunday, September 22 at 8pm in the Main
Lounge of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana. A full schedule for his 3-week
visit will be available at www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/unit1 or call 333-8351
for more information. All programs are open to the public.

James Loewen wrote the best-selling Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your
High School History Textbook Got Wrong, in part a critique of existing
textbooks, but also an account of American history as it should be taught. He
taught race relations for 20 years at the University of Vermont and previously
taught at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. He now lives in Washington, D.C.,
continuing his research on how Americans remember their past. His other books
include Lies Across America: What Our Historic Markers and Monuments Get Wrong;
The Truth About Columbus; and Mississippi: Conflict and Change, which won the
Lillian Smith Award for Best Southern Nonfiction.  This book was rejected for
public-school text use by the State of Mississippi, leading to the
path-breaking First Amendment lawsuit, Loewen V. Turnipseed.

Laura Haber
Assistant Program Director of Unit One
University of Illinois
68 Allen Hall (MC 050)
1005 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317


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