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An assessment of the nation's response to the 1968 report
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University of Pennsylvania Symposium Schedule Thursday, February 28th |
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Opening Address by President Bill Clinton view clip of full address here >> Former President William Jefferson Clinton will present the opening address of the symposium. Following his address he will be interviewed by DeWayne Wickham, Director of the Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies at North Carolina A&T State University and Tukufu Zuberi, Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. Order of Program:
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Opening Panel: Two Societies, Separate and Unequal This panel deals with where we are as a nation four decades after the Commission's report. Moderated by Sandra Long Managing Editor Philadelphia Inquirer Scholars:
Location: Inn at Penn, Woodlands A, B, C (3600 Sansom Street) map >> |
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Race Relations Then and Now As part of the Project a team of journalists was assembled to study the legacy of the riots and the current socioeconomic and racial equality in eight of the cities hardest hit by the social unrest of the 1960s. Several members of the team will discuss their findings. Moderated by Tukufu Zuberi Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations University of Pennsylvania Journalists:
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