- Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers, Audio-Visual Materials Series
- Title:
- Central Washington State University Commencement Address, 1989
- Date of Original:
- 1989-01-01
- Subject:
- Education--Curricula
African American scholars
Ethnology
Pan-Africanism
Commencement ceremonies - Location:
- United States, Washington, Kittitas County, Ellensburg, 46.99651, -120.54785
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In 1989, Asa G. Hilliard, III delivered the commencement address at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Beginning at time mark 19:53 the President of Central Washington University, Dr. Donald Garrity, introduces Dr. Hilliard, who starts speaking at 24:29. In the address, Hilliard tells the story of George Bush, the first person of African descent to live in the Washington territory, and Bush's son William, the first African American to hold elected office in the state of Washington. Hilliard's speech focuses on the importance of cultivating wisdom to be truly educated, admonishing the graduates not to become enslaved by overconsumption or by the technological tools becoming available. He quotes T. S. Eliot, Plato, and Frantz Fanon, among others to illustrate the theme. He notes that knowledge and ability are not enough without perspective. Hilliard's address ends at time mark 43:34.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.092:0001
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 01:31:08
- Original Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:092 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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