Award-winning columnist and author Eugene Robinson will kick off Johnson C. Smith University’s Lyceum Series entitled “Democracy 2012: The Road to Charlotte” with a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on January 26, 2012, at Biddle Hall on the University campus, 100 Beatties Ford Rd. Anyone planning to attend the event should RSVP to Anika Pimentel, 704.330.1379 or apimentel@jcsu.edu.