Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion
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January 13, 2020
Cheryl Brown Henderson to explore landmark school desegregation case
Cheryl Brown Henderson, education and civil rights advocate, will discuss her personal experience with segregated schools and the story of how Brown v. Board of Education came to be.
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January 13, 2020
ISR panelists to discuss King’s impact on their research
The event, “MLK’s Legacy for Social and Behavioral Science Research: Perspectives from New Scholars,” will explore how King’s lessons have guided and impacted the panelists’ research.
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January 13, 2020
Historian to discuss MLK and the crisis of racial capitalism
Barbara Ransby, historian, writer and longtime political activist, will focus on King’s fight on behalf of poor people and low-income workers, and the challenges of that work today.
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January 13, 2020
Khalil Gibran Muhammad to deliver Donia Human Rights Center lecture
Award-winning professor, author and scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad will reveal how the idea of black criminality was crucial to the making of modern urban America, during his lecture.
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January 13, 2020
Medical professor to discuss diversity in dermatology
Nada Elbuluk, dermatologist and University of Southern California assistant professor of dermatology, will discuss the history of diversity of dermatology and the current national landscape.
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January 13, 2020
Artist to discuss his works inspired by the public square
Artist Cullen Washington Jr. will discuss his most recent collection of abstract paintings was inspired by the “agora,” or the public gathering spaces in ancient Greece that gave birth to democracy.
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December 17, 2019
Political activist Angela Davis to keynote MLK Symposium
Activist, educator and author Angela Davis will deliver the 33rd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture Jan. 20.
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November 18, 2019
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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November 11, 2019
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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October 29, 2019
2020 MLK Symposium’s theme is ‘The (Mis) Education of US’
To commemorate the legacy of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the 2020 MLK Symposium will focus on the complexities associated with diversity and highlighting the diversity within marginalized communities.
