2014 Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research


Eleventh ANNUAL BROWN LECTURE
in Education Research


A Long Shadow: The American Pursuit of Political Justice and Education Equality

Thursday, October 23, 2014
6 p.m. EDT
#AERABrownLecture

The Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
Amphitheater, Concourse Level
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
Federal Building: photo ID required to enter

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

About the Event
With 2014 and 2015 marking major anniversaries of landmark moments in the American struggle for equality—the 60th anniversary of Brown, the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the sesquicentennial of the 13th Amendment, and the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965—Anderson’s address examines how the constitutional framing of the equality of political power in the Reconstruction era casts a long shadow over American social justice today and continues to shape the pursuit of all forms of equality—including the current controversy over immigration and voter identification laws.

About the Speaker
James D. Anderson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), noted expert on American education history and desegregation, has been selected to present the 2014 Brown Lecture on October 23. Learn more

Abstract
In 2014 and 2015, our nation commemorates several landmark moments in its long, unfinished struggle for political and education equality for all. This year, we observe with a mix of gratitude and disquiet the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Next year marks the sesquicentennial of the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, and the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Read more