FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MARYGROVE COLLEGE HOSTS DR. ANGELA DILLARD ON

“‘TRUE VS. FALSE RELIGION’: HOW FAITH MATTERED IN DETROIT’S RADICAL HISTORY” ON APRIL 12

DETROIT, MI, MARCH 14, 2007 -- Marygrove College will welcome Dr. Angela Dillard, associate professor at the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, to campus for a lecture and discussion on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. in Alumnae Hall of the Madame Cadillac Building.

Dr. Dillard will discuss “True vs. False Religion: How Faith Mattered in Detroit’s Radical History.” The lecture based on her new book, Faith in The City: Preaching Radical Social Change in Detroit, coming out this spring from University of Michigan Press, is free and open to the public. The book is “a milestone study of religion's place in Detroit's protest communities from the 1930s to the 1960s.”

Angela Dillard joined U of M in 2006 in the Residential College and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies. She had spent the prior ten years as associate professor in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University.

She holds a PhD and a Master of Arts in American Culture from U of M; an MA in Political Science from the New School for Social Research; and a BA in Justice, Morality and Constitutional Democracy from Michigan State University.

She is also the author of James Meredith, The ‘Conservative Turn’ and the Boundaries of the American Historical Imagination (in manuscript) and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Now?: Multicultural Conservatism in America (2002). Dr. Dillard is a frequent media commentator, lecturer and author of several articles, book reviews and op-ed pieces.

This is a “Defining Detroit” event of Marygrove’s Institute for Detroit Studies, an interdisciplinary series of public exhibits, lectures, performances, readings and discussions that explore different aspects of Detroit life. Previous presenters include Detroit poet laureate Naomi Long Madgett, novelist Joyce Carol Oates, historian Thomas Sugrue, poet Philip Levine, musical conductor and choirmaster Brazeal Dennard and poet Lawrence Joseph.

The April 12th “Defining Detroit” lecture has been designated an Inaugural Event to commemorate the inauguration of Marygrove’s 8^th president, Dr. David Fike. This “Defining Detroit” lecture is made possible through the support of DaimlerChrysler, Comerica Bank and Harrison Technology Consulting, members of the Marygrove College Urban Leaders Circle.

Marygrove College is located at 8425 W. McNichols, Detroit (Corner of Wyoming and W. McNichols). A liberal arts college, Marygrove provides undergraduate and graduate programs in education, art and art therapy, music, dance, forensic science, criminal justice, mathematics, social work, social justice, human resource management, and business and computer information systems, among many others. Visit us at www.marygrove.edu or call 866-313-1927.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: A PHOTO OF ANGELA DILLARD IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.MARYGROVE.EDU/NEWS.