A talk by Barbara Ransby, rescheduled from Bates’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance in January, when snow disrupted travel to Maine. Ransby is the author of three books — including an award-winning biography of civil rights activist Ella Baker — and Distinguished Professor in African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Free but preregistration required: bit.ly/2XQ2Ydr. FMI 207-786-6400 or bpelleti@bates.edu.