UW Law Welcomes Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist
Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 (10:00 AM) Room 138
RSVP here: https://jan-13-uw-law-speaker-eugenerobinson.eventbrite.com
William H. Gates Hall, Room 138 (4293 Memorial Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195)
Free Event
Eugene Robinson
- Washington Post Columnist
- 2009 Pulitzer Prize Recipient
- Author
His remarkable story-telling ability has won him wide acclaim, most notably as the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his commentary on the 2008 presidential race that resulted in the election of America's first African-American president. Eugene Robinson uses his twice-weekly column in The Washington Post to pick American society apart and then put it back
together again in unexpected and revelatory new ways. In his three decades at The Washington Post, Robinson has been city hall reporter, city editor, foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires and London, foreign editor and assistant managing editor in charge of the paper's award winning Style section. He has written books about race in Brazil and music in Cuba,
covered a heavyweight championship fight, witnessed riots in Philadelphia and a murder trial in the deepest Amazon, sat with Presidents and Dictators and the Queen of England, thrusted and parried with hair-proud politicians from sea to shining sea, handicapped three editions of American Idol, acquired fluent Spanish and passable Portuguese and even, thanks to his two sons, come to an uneasy truce with hip-hop culture. In 2010, Robinson was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board. He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the NABJ Hall of Fame.
Author: Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution—an examination of contemporary Cuba, looking at the society through the vibrant music scene—was published in 2004. Disintegration, October 2010. Robinson discusses the disintegration of the black community into four distinct sectors—and the implication for policies such as school reform, urban renewal and affirmative action.