Who: Touré is the co-host of The Cycle which airs on MSNBC and the author of “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means To Be Black Now,” which was named one of the Most Notable Books of 2011 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. It was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work of Non-Fiction. He is workin on a book about Prince which will be published in 2013. He is also co-writing the autobiography of the legendary rapper Nas. He is a columnist for Time.com. He lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with his wife and two children.

When: Thursday, March 21, 2013; 7 p.m.

Where: Philander Smith College’s M.L. Harris Auditorium, 900 W. Daisy Bates Dr., Little Rock, AR 72202

Contact: Shareese Kondo, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, (501) 370-5279, or e-mail, skondo@philander.edu