Tilghman to present annual James Baldwin Lecture

For immediate release: February 19, 2010 - Media contact: Emily Aronson, earonson [a] princeton (p) edu, (609) 258-5733. Tilghman to present annual James Baldwin Lecture. Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman will deliver the annual James Baldwin Lecture in an address titled "The Meaning of Race in the Post-Genome Era" at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, on the University campus. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are needed for entry. The lecture series is sponsored by Princeton's Center for African American Studies and aims to celebrate the work of Princeton faculty and to reflect on issues of race and American democracy. The lectures also honor the work of the late essayist and novelist James Baldwin, one of America's most powerful cultural critics who exemplified ways to remain critically focused on the relationship of race to democracy in American society. "I can think of no better person to deliver the Baldwin Lecture than President Tilghman," said Eddie Glaude, chair of the Center for African American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion.