Ending Racial Segregation in US Schools: Progress or Failure?
Tuesday, 15 April, 2008, 2:00 PM – 5:00PM
GARY ORFIELD
Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning
Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles
University of California, Los Angeles
“The Lessons of Desegregation, the Causes and Costs of Resegregation: The
Fate of the American Civil Rights Revolution”
PATRICIA GANDARA
Professor of Education
Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles
University of California, Los Angeles
“The Implications of Resegregation for Latinos in the United States”
CERI PEACH
Professor of Social Geography
Oxford University
“The American Ghetto versus the Enclave”
JOHN KIRK
Professor of United States History
Royal Holloway, University of London
“The Fate of School Desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas”
Supported by the Embassy of the United States
Reception to follow. For more information and to RSVP, ontact Olga
Jimenez
at 0207 862 8870 or [log in to unmask]; or visit
http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/programmes/segregation.php
Convenor: Dr. Natasha Kumar Warikoo [log in to unmask]
Location: Room STB 3/6, Stewart House
32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN
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