Kerner Plus 40:


  An assessment of the nation's response to the 1968 report of
  the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 		   
 
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North Carolina A&T State University


   
    Sunday, February 24, 2008


2:00 pm - 3:30 pm 		"The State of Black America: 40 years after the Kerner Commission Report."

Featuring radio/television host Tavis Smiley & author, educator and historian Dr. Cornell West





   
    Monday, February 25, 2008


11:00 am - 12:30 pm 		Workshop #1
Black and White Together: A Shared Struggle or a Struggle to Share?
The 1968 Kerner Commission report concluded that the nation was moving toward two societies, one black, one white--separate and unequal. This panel will look at race relations then and now. Have blacks and whites found a way to work together, or has the racial climate worsened?

Moderator:
  • Dr. Camille Charles,
    Associate professor of Sociology & Faculty associate director, Center for Africana Studies University of Pennsylvania

Panelists:
  • Betty Baye,
    Columnist, The Courier-Journal, Louisville Kentucky

  • Charlie Cobb,
    Journalist & author of "On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail"

  • Melvin "Skip" Alston, Guilford County Commissioner
    Gail Wiggins, assistant professor, Journalism & Mass Communication, NC A&T State University





   
    3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Workshop #2
The Kerner Report's Impact on the Black Power Movement
Black power, black pride and black progress! This panel will focus on the rise and fall of the Black Power Movement and the role the Kerner Commission report played in hastening its demise.

Moderator:
Dr. Claude W Barnes, Jr.,
associate professor, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice NC A&T State University

Panelists:
  • Amelia Parker,
    executive director, International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC

  • Jamal Turner,
    former Black Panther & lecturer, Department of English, NC A&T State University

  • Rev. Nelson Johnson,
    president, Board of the Greensboro Justice Fund Tuesday, February 26, 2008




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