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Richard Rodriguez
 

"The Border Is Not a Straight Line"

Richard Rodriguez

Richard Rodriguez, author of Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez and other notable works, delivers the keynote address for the "Migration: Past, Present and Future" symposium, part of the University's Sesquicentennial Celebration. Rodriguez's talk, titled “The Border is Not a Straight Line," focuses on his experience as the child of immigrants and his feelings on current issues relating to the contemporary immigration discussion in the U.S. David Hollenbach, S.J., director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College, introduces Rodriguez.



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