# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Randal Jelks: My America
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Randal Jelks presents "My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy"

🗓️ Thursday, April 23
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Hall Center Conference Hall (and online at https://www.crowdcast.io/c/jelks)

This talk draws from "My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy," which traces Langston Hughes’ journey from being a child captivated by Kansas City to an adult cosmopolitan witness in Paris, New York, Mexico City, and Madrid. Randal Jelks examines how Hughes’ experiences in a world on the brink of upheaval shaped his thinking on art, democracy, and activism. Best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes believed in the power of art as resistance and consistently wrote about democracy from a joyous perspective. Jelks explores how Hughes’ work addresses creative expression, communal dignity, class struggle and human suffering, and what these themes reveal about democracy in later moments of political crisis.

Dr. Jelks is an award-winning author, documentary film producer, and professor. His writings have appeared in the Boston Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other journals and periodicals. He will be in conversation with Dr. Maryemma Graham, distinguished professor emerita in the KU Department of English and founder of the History of Black Writing (HBW), which focuses on literary recovery work in Black studies.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lawrence/randal-jelks-my-america/200029755925801
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, entertainment, business, conferences, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 18

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Lawrence
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 900 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045
- **lat**: 38.95563
- **long**: -95.2457
- **full address**: 900 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Randal Jelks: My America being held?
  - **A:** Randal Jelks: My America takes place on Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at 900 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Randal Jelks: My America?
  - **A:** Randal Jelks: My America is organized by Hall Center for the Humanities.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Randal Jelks: My America is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Lawrence, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Randal Jelks: My America sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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