In MLK’s Footsteps: Education as a Civil Right

Sunday, January 15, 2012, 3 pm

    Note: This event is filled to capacity.
    WNYC presents the sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Brooklyn Museum. "In MLK’s Footsteps: Education as a Civil Right" examines a civil rights battle Dr. King embraced and left for us to finish: equal education for all. Join WNYC’s Brian Lehrer and Jami Floyd, managing editor of The Global Game, for an invigorating afternoon of discussion, performance, and personal reminiscence.

    Moderators:

    • Brian Lehrer, host of WNYC's the Brian Lehrer Show

    • Jami Floyd, managing editor of the global game


    Panelists:

    • Cami Anderson, Superintendent of the Newark Public Schools

    • Fredrick C. Harris, Professor of Political Science and Director of Columbia University's Center on African-American Politics and Society

    • Rachel Moran, Dean of the UCLA School of Law

    • Harvard Sitkoff, Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire

    • John A. Stokes, an original plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education case

    • Touré, journalist and cultural critic

    Live performances by:

    Toshi Reagon
    Manhattan Country School
    Manhattan Theatre Lab

    Please arrive at 2 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.

    Presented by WNYC and the Brooklyn Museum.

    Sponsored by the Brooklyn Community Foundation, Tekserve, and SchoolBook.org.

    Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

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