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Professor Angela Davis gave the 10th annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture Thursday night with a message about racism, sexism, history and politics. People had lined up at Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium hours before the doors opened at 5 p.m. With the speakers set to begin at 6 p.m., police turned away a line of more than 300 people hoping hear Davis speak.
“The line was circling the stadium, I was blown away,” said Dean Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, “It was so important to highlight the importance of the event, especially with the budget cuts this past year.