Look Who's Talking: Rickford

As part of the Cornell University Andrew D. White Professors at Large Program, John R. Rickford made a Mini-Visit to Cornell University on September 29-30.  He attended a screening of the new “Talking Black in America: Roots” film (in which he appears) at Cornell Cinema on September 29, providing commentary and answering questions after.  On September 30 he read from his memoir Speaking my Soul at the Tompkins County Public Library.  John’s memoir was praised in a recent New York Times column by alum John McWhorter (Ph.D. '93), who describes it as “an education.”