The alumna’s early involvement in the civil rights movement in the South led to a long career as an actress and eventually a writer. The 10th anniversary edition of her civil rights novel Freshwater Road comes out in April.
USC Dornsife News
Alumni
Faculty
Bruce Smith of English and theater helps us put the Bard’s influence into perspective on the quadricentennial of his passing.
Student
Senior Kapil Talwalkar, who emerges as a ‘revelation’ in a play, draws from his international relations major when seeking artistic ways to inspire change.
Social Impact
Undergraduates taking an introduction to Shakespeare course from USC Dornsife’s Julianne Werlin work with USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) students to produce Hamlet.
Faculty
USC Dornsife faculty collaborate on a Pasadena Playhouse production opening Aug. 15 about writer Zora Neale Hurston, best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Arts and Culture
USC College’s Carol Muske-Dukes and actor John Lithgow get personal, poetic in Visions and Voices event.