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Video: Ed Reynolds
As Wake Forest’s first black graduate, Ed Reynolds (’64) understands in more ways than one the importance of courage. Listen to his thoughtful reflection of what courage means to him.
Video: Impetus to Desegregate
Coverage: Ed Reynolds returns to WFU
Video/Photos: World Cultural Festival
Coverage: Melissa Harris-Perry
Celebrating American Indian Culture
Nov. 28 | All day | Reynolda Campus
Wake Forest will proudly honor several distinguished American Indian alumni – Dr. James G. Jones (’55, MD ’59), Lonnie Revels (’58), Lucretia Hicks ( ’10, MAM ’11).
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Q&A with Mary Badham (‘Scout Finch’)
Nov. 29 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Bynum Welcome Center
An instant best-seller and later Academy Award winning film, “To Kill A Mockingbird” is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Mary Badham, the actress chosen to play “Scout” – the character through which audiences explore Civil Rights and racism in the segregated southern United States of the 1930s – joins us.
Fast Break: Being Transgender in Division I Athletics
Nov. 8 | 8 p.m. | Annenberg Forum
A conversation with Kye Allums, who made history as the first transgender basketball player to play openly on a Division I women’s basketball team. Since then, he has been devoted to making a difference in the world as a passionate advocate for transgender rights. Kye will speak about what it means to be transgender as well as his experiences in NCAA Division I athletics.
Epic Thursdays
Oct. 18, 25 & Nov. 1, 8 | Ends at 8 p.m. | Reynolda House Museum of American Art
In partnership with Reynolda House Museum of American Art; Admission is free for Museum members and Wake Forest students, faculty, and staff. Evening programs will include music, refreshments, live performances, and collage workshops each night, along with admission to “Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey.”