{"id":3438,"date":"2026-01-18T14:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/history\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:04:13","slug":"an-evening-with-professor-hasan-kwame-jeffries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/history\/2026\/01\/18\/an-evening-with-professor-hasan-kwame-jeffries\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening with Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/01\/Hasan-Kwame-Jeffries-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/01\/Hasan-Kwame-Jeffries-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3440\" style=\"width:714px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join us Thursday, February 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium (Room 206) for a lecture from Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries is an historian of the African American experience whose work explores the evolution of the Black freedom struggle and the enduring fight for democracy in America. 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