From Duke News & Communications: Pop icon Michael Jackson, diversity in baseball and why this is an exciting time for scholars of black culture will be among the topics discussed during a live webcast with Mark Anthony Neal, a Duke professor of African and African American Studies. This latest installment of Duke’s new online "office hours” series will begin at noon EDT Friday, Aug. 28. Neal is the author of the book “New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity” and wrote the main essay for “Hello World - The Complete Motown Solo Collection,” a 3-CD box collection of Michael Jackson solo recordings released between 1971 and 1975. He is currently writing album notes for a collection of unreleased Jackson 5 master recordings. (Jackson would have celebrated his 51st birthday on Aug. 29.) Viewers can submit questions in advance or during the session by email to live@duke.edu, on the Duke University Live Ustream page on Facebook or via Twitter with the tag #dukelive. The program will run live on Duke’s Ustream channel.

Tags: african american studies, online office hours, popular culture

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