On Aug. 24, the university, partnering with the Kappa Alpha Order, announced that it would host a panel discussion on the role of the Confederate flag in the United States. On Sept. 2, Melissa Harris-Perry will moderate the panel, which will include voices that have been instrumental in the Black Lives Matter movement and the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State Capitol Building.
Over the last year, our country has been reminded time and time again that discrimination and racial inequality are not distant memories of the past; they are the reality that millions of Americans face every single day.