Political activist Angela Davis will appear at Tougaloo College on Wednesday to speak as part of a new lecture series. The event is not expected to be impacted by the recent winter storm. In a conversation moderated by Dr. Ebony Lumumba, a Jackson Stave University English professor, Davis will discuss the connection between freedom struggles in the Deep South and in Sudan, Congo and Palestine. It will center on themes from her 2016 book “Freedom is a Constant Struggle.” Attendees can submit questions that Lumumba will review and select for the moderated discussion. The event will be at Woolworth Chapel starting at 5 p.m., with doors opening at 4 p.m. It is free and open to the public. An RSVP is not required to enter and does not guarantee seating. There will also be a livestream.  Humanitarian organization Mississippi for a Just World partnered with Tougaloo College and Black With No Chaser to create the Voices for a Just World Lecture series. “One of our main focuses is on educating community, and we want to bring dynamic speakers who have radical imaginations that are rooted in the fight for human rights,” said Candace Abdul-Tawwab, MSJW’s co-founder and executive director. C.J. Lawrence, co-founder and CEO of Black With No Chaser, said, “It’s very rare that you would get the opportunity to do this. I think it’s important that we seize the moment while we can to connect with a revolutionary person and icon like Professor Angela Davis.” Abdul-Tawwab said that partnering with Tougaloo College made sense because of the institution’s legacy as a hub for civil rights activists. Several people who work at Black With No Chaser are Tougaloo alumni. In the 1960s and 70s, Davis was a prominent activist and member of the Communist Party of the United States of America and associated with the Black Panther Party. She previously spoke at Tougaloo College in 2015. Davis, a Birmingham native, was previously a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and vice presidential nominee. She is also a critic of the United States’ prison system. ...read more read less