CEDRIC ROBINSON at PENN STATE

Today Penn State was the beneficiary of a visit from Cedric Robinson, author of the classic Black Marxism and other works including Terms of Order, Black Movements and the Anthropology of Marxism.

Robinson's topic was the figure of the black detective and his paper centered on the early work in the evolution of the figure from Pauline Hopkins.

In the course of a careful analysis of the serial novel Hagar's Daughter, Robinson gave his listeners a grounding in such cultural phenomena as the Colored American Magazine and the career of Bert Williams.

After the Q & A, Robinson was presented with an award for his life's work from the African and African American Studies department.