Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Eugene Robinson addressed students, faculty and community members as the featured speaker for Trinity University’s annual Maverick Lecture in the Stieren Theater on Oct. 1. Robinson spoke about his latest book, “Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America”; the former Washington Post columnist reflected to the audience on how tracing his family’s roots from slavery through the Civil Rights Movement illuminates the broader story of American democracy.
The annual Maverick Lecture series, which provides free and accessible lectures to the Trinity and San Antonio community, honors the legacy of Maury Maverick Jr., a former Texas legislator, civil rights attorney and newspaper columnist known for defending civil liberties. The series — hosted by Trinity University’s Office of Conferences and Special Programs and underwritten by the William and Salomé Scanlan Foundation — brings prominent national voices to Trinity to address issues connected to the themes that shaped Maverick’s life and work.
During an interview with the Trinitonian, Robinson said that the inspiration for his project emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he ...