Anna Deavere Smith, a celebrated actress, author and playwright known for using documentary approaches to art, will deliver the keynote address at Santa Cruz’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Feb. 11.
The speech, titled “Race in America: Crossroads of Ambiguity” will begin at 7pm at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, and is one of several upcoming free events sponsored by UCSC that celebrate Black History Month. Santa Cruz Vice Mayor Ryan Coonerty will also be honored at the event with the Tony Hill Award, an award for leadership and social justice named for the local basketball referee and civil rights activist who died in 2007.
