Artist/activist Hank Willis Thomas will speak with his mentor and former teacher, UCLA professor and noted author Robin D. G. Kelley about Thomas’s art practice and his activism as co-founder of the organization For Freedoms. The Broad recently acquired "America" (2021) by Thomas, which is on view along with his work "15,580" (2017), 2018 in The Broad’s special exhibition This is Not America’s Flag from May 21 through September 25, 2022.