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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University of Pennsylvania Symposium Schedule

Friday, February 29th


   
    10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
register for this event 		Race In The Media
The Kerner Commission dedicated an entire chapter of its report to the impact the media had on issues of race relations in the United States. How is racial inequality being discussed in the media, and what influence is the media having on race relations at home and abroad?

Moderated by DeWayne Wickham
Director of the Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies
North Carolina A&T State University

Scholars:
  • Anita Allen
    Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
    University of Pennsylvania

  • Michael Delli Carpini
    Walter H. Annenberg Dean, Annenberg School for Communication
    University of Pennsylvania

  • Darnell Hunt
    Professor of Sociology
    University of California, Los Angles
Journalists:
  • Kasi Addison - Newark Star-Ledger (Newark segment)

  • Anika Meyers-Palm - Orlando Sentinel (Tampa segment)

  • Megan Scott - Associated Press (Newark segment)


Location: Inn at Penn, Woodlands A, B, C (3600 Sansom Street)
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    1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
register for this event 		Closing Panel: "Where Do We Go From Here?"
This conversation will allow for a wide ranging discussion that looks to the future of how racial socioeconomic inequality in the United States will be addressed and discussed.

Moderated by Michael Delli Carpini
Walter H. Annenberg Dean
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania

Scholars:
  • Anita Allen - Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania

  • Claude Barnes
    Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice
    North Carolina A&T State University

  • Camille Charles
    Associate Professor of Sociology
    University of Pennsylvania

  • Darnell Hunt
    Professor of Sociology
    University of California, Los Angles

  • Steven Hahn
    Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History
    University of Pennsylvania

  • James Steele
    Associate Professor of Political Science
    North Carolina A&T State University

Journalists:
  • Greg Kane - Baltimore Sun (Cambridge segment)

  • Nikole Hannah Jones - The Oregonian (Watts segment)

  • Elmer Smith - Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia segment)

Location: Inn at Penn, Woodlands A, B, C (3600 Sansom Street)
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