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Franklin Lecture: Charlton McIlwain on Black Software

Tuesday, 4 April 2023 - Join us at University of Toronto's Innis College for the Franklin Lecture with Dr. Charlton D. McIlwain "Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, From the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter" showcases computing technology's origin story amidst the turbulent racial confrontations of the 1960s, connecting it to the rise of the Black internet who helped to birth the Internet as we know it through the late 1980s and 1990s. The Franklin Lecture features invited scholars who bring the critical study of science, media, and politics to bear in their visions of new political futures. Book signing after the event. - Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5, Canada - Event Details