1999 Brown Foundation Symposium -- Brown Quarterly -- v. 3, no. 1 -- Spring 1999

Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring 1999) -- Brown v. Board 45th Anniversary Issue

1999 Brown Foundation Symposium

A National Symposium Desegregating the American Mind:
Creating a Shared Vision
for Safe and Inclusive Schools
Topeka Capital Plaza Hotel -- Topeka, Kansas May 16-18, 1999

Forty-five years ago our country began to dismantle a long-standing dual educational system which permitted racially segregated public schools. With the stroke of a pen on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such educational systems were unconstitutional. This symposium offers a perspective on how effectively our schools have dismantled "separate" systems and whether they have created educational environments that are safe and provide curriculum inclusive of racial and ethnic groups.

Speakers

Jesse Jackson Jr., Member of Congress - Noted political and civil rights activist, formerly president of Keep Hope Alive Foundation. In 1995 he was elected to the Unitec States House of Representatives from the 2nd District of Illinois. He holds a Juris Doctorate Degree.

Eric Vernberg, PhD - Associate Professor in the Clinical Child Psychology program at the University of Kansas. He designs and implements violence prevention programs in schools and directs a school-based program for children with multiple emotional impairments.

Barbara Ballard, PhD. - A current member of the Kansas House of Representatives, she was elected to the legislature in 1992 after serving two terms on the school board of the Lawrence Public Schools. She is Assistant Chancellor, Student Affairs, at the University of Kansas.

Rev. Delmer White - Pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas and chaplin with the Topeka Police Department. He holds a Master of Divinity Degree and is CEO of Antioch Family Life Center.

Iantha Gantt-Wright - Cultural diversity program mamager for the National Parks and Conservation Association. A key leader in the passage of HR 1635, The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act, she organized the first forum to examine issues of race and diversity and our national parks.

Carl Boyd - Founder and president of the Art of Positive Teaching, an educational consulting firm, and host of The Generation Rap, a weekly call-in radio show in Kansas City. In 1997, he was a keynote speaker for the China/U.S. Conference on Education in Beijing.

James Boyer, PhD - Retired Professor of Curriculum and American Ethnic Studies, who served 25 years in Teacher Education at Kansas State University. His most recent book is Transforming the Curriculum for Multi-cultural Understandings: A Practicitioner's Handbook.

Sponsored by the Brown Foundation and Washburn University, the symposium will begin with registration on Sunday afternoon and a banquet at 7 p.m. Sessions will continue through Tuesday morning. For registration information, write the Brown Foundation, P.O. Box 4862, Topeka KS, 66604 or call 785-235-3939.

Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

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A National Symposium	Desegregating the American Mind: Creating a Shared Vision for Safe and Inclusive Schools Topeka Capital Plaza Hotel -- Topeka, Kansas	May 16-18, 1999
Forty-five years ago our country began to dismantle a long-standing dual educational system which permitted racially segregated public schools. With the stroke of a pen on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such educational systems were unconstitutional. This symposium offers a perspective on how effectively our schools have dismantled "separate" systems and whether they have created educational environments that are safe and provide curriculum inclusive of racial and ethnic groups.