2017 Trinity Distinguished Lecture: "My Mother Gave Me This Big-Ass Name" -- A Black Scholar in the Mix

'Mark Anthony Neal, a professor in the departments of African & African American Studies and English at Duke University, gave the inaugural Trinity Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, May 4, 2017. The the lecture, "My Mother Gave Me This Big-Ass Name" was inspired by Neal's relationship with his late mother,  who encouraged him at a very young age to embrace all three of my names—even to the point of her being conscious that his three names spelled out the acronym MAN. Neal is introduced by Dr. Valerie Ashby, the Dean of the Trinity School of Arts & Sciences at Duke University.'