Jan 11

Live Event

Race: The Great American Divide

Summary

Introductory Remarks:

  • Michael H. Armacost, President, The Brookings Institution
Keynote Speaker:
  • Roger Wilkins, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University, and former Assistant Attorney General
Panel I: We Shall Overcome: Recalling the Civil Rights Struggles of the '50s and '60s
  • Moderator, Juan Williams, author of Eyes on the Prize and Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
  • Douglas Brinkley, historian and director, Eisenhower Center for American Studies, University of New Orleans
  • Joyce Ladner, senior fellow, The Brookings Institution and author of The Ties that Bind: African American Values
  • Judy Richardson, producer of numerous PBS documentaries including Eyes on the Prize and Malcolm X: Make it Plain
  • David Garrow, presidential distinguished professor, Emory University Law School and author of Pulitzer Prize winner Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Panel II: Facing the Future: The Obstacles To Achieving Equality
  • Moderator, Juan Williams, author of Eyes on the Prize and Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
  • Christopher Foreman, senior fellow, The Brookings Institution and author of The African-American Predicament
  • Sam Fullwood, Correspondent, Los Angeles Times and Author of Waking from the Dream: My Life in the Black Middle Class
  • Hugh B. Price, president and CEO, National Urban League
  • Hilary Shelton, director, NAACP Washington Bureau

Details

January 11, 2000

The Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Map

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Brookings Office of Communications

(202) 797-6105

Event Agenda

  • Welcome and Introductory Remarks

    • Michael H. Armacost

      President, The Brookings Institution

    • Roger Wilkins

      Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University, and former Assistant Attorney General