BROWN V. BOARD 50 YEARS LATER
Asian-American and Latino Perspectives on Integration
DATE: Thursday, February 17
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street
May 17, 2004, marked the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board, the historic Supreme Court decision that paved the way for the desegregation of public schools and facilities. In commemoration of this historic decision, the Illinois Humanities Council and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture is co-sponsoring a free event entitled "Asian-American and Latino Perspectives on Integration."
School integration has largely been seen as an issue affecting blacks and whites. This roundtable will discuss integration from the point of view of Asian-Americans and Latinos. Participants include Gerald Torres, H.O. Head Centennial Professor in Real Property Law, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin and co-author with Lani Guinier of The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy (2002); Professor Vijay Prashad, International Studies Program, Trinity College and author of The Karma of Brown People (2000); and Professor Mae Ngai, Department of History, University of Chicago and author of Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America, 1924-1965 (2004). Professor Sumi K. Cho, DePaul University College of Law, will moderate this panel.
The event is free and open to the public. Please call 312.422.5580 or e-mail ihc@prairie.org for reservations.
"Brown v. Board 50 Years Later" is a free, year-long series of programs going on around Illinois from May 2004-May 2005. For a calendar of events or for more information, please visit the Illinois Humanities Council's "Brown v. Board 50 Years Later" website at www.bvb50.org or contact the IHC at 312.422.5580 or via email at ihc@prairie.org.
For additional information, you may also contact the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at (773) 702-8063 or csrpc@uchicago.edu.
Related links:
Illinois Humanities Council’s Brown v.
Board Programming
