Aime Ellis Seminar - Welcome & Opening Session
Channel: Bonnie Bucqueroux
Date: 2012-01-28

Michigan State University hosted a seminar at the International Center to explore the themes expressed in the late Aime Ellis' recently published book If We Must Die: From Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls. The welcome was given by Amanda York Ellis, Aime's wife, and Zarena Aslami of Michigan State University's Department of English. Opening remarks from Dean Karin A. Wurst of the MSU College of Arts and Letters was followed by a talk by Jyotsna Singh of MSU's Department of English.