2014 Black History Month: Sixty Years After Brown -- The Triumphs and Tragedies of Public School Desegregation
<p align="center"> In Celebration of Black History Month 2014 Old Dominion University Presents</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> <strong><u>Sixty Years After <em>Brown</em> -- The Triumphs and Tragedies of Public School Desegregation</u></strong></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> National Theme: Civil Rights in America</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> <strong>Tuesday, February 11, 2014</strong></p> <p align="center"> <strong>11:00A.M.</strong></p> <p align="center"> <strong>Future Monarch Presentation Room</strong></p> <p align="center"> <strong>Webb Center 1102, North Side of Lobby</strong></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the iconic <em>Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas</em> decision from the U. S. Supreme Court, and this talk by Dr. Charles H. Ford, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Norfolk State University, will reflect upon the triumphs and tragedies stemming from its deliberately gradual implementation. Ford will draw upon the detailed research in his co-authored recent book, <em>Elusive Equality: Desegregation and Resegregation in Norfolk's Public Schools </em>from the University of Virginia Press, to show how and why public school desegregation was such a drawn-out, contested affair, which was abandoned right after the brief moment that it had started to show results. A book signing for <em>Elusive Equality</em> will immediately follow the talk.</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> For more information: Office of Intercultural Relations 757-683-4405 or <a href="mailto:oir@odu.edu">oir@odu.edu</a></p>
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Date: Mon Feb 03 13:35:06 EST 2014