Community Symposium To Look at the State of Urban and Rural Education Since Brown v. Board of Education
Buffalo State College will hold a community symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the historic Supreme Court ruling that struck down the separate but equal doctrine in American public elementary and secondary education.
A Community Symposium: The State of Urban and Rural Education Since Brown v. Board of Education will be held Saturday, May 22, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. 4 p.m. in the Bulger Communication Center on the campus at 1300 Elmwood Ave. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
The Honorable Judge John T. Curtin, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, who ordered the Buffalo Public Schools to desegregate in 1976, will moderate a question and answer session to close the forum.
Muriel A. Howard, Ph.D., president of Buffalo State College, will make opening remarks and welcome two nationally acclaimed scholars to give morning and afternoon keynote addresses.
V. P. Franklin, professor of history and education at Teacher's College, Columbia University, and research scientist at the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, will deliver the morning keynote address, The State of Urban Education.
Paul G. Theobald, dean and professor in the School of Education and Counseling at Wayne State College, will delivery the afternoon keynote address, The State of Rural Education.
Appointed in 1967 to the U.S. District Court, Judge Curtin became chief judge in 1974 and served in that capacity until 1989. He remains an active judge today. While presiding over many notable environmental, criminal and civil rights cases, Judge Curtin will be remembered by Buffalo educators for his ruling in the Buffalo desegregation case that from 1976 until 1997 resulted in the implementation of the city's magnet school program that promoted voluntary busing and sought to balance parents' demands for choice and the broader, societal goal of equal opportunities for all.
Franklin has published more than 50 scholarly articles on African American history and education, and is the author of five books including, My Soul is a Witness: A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965. In the 2004-2005 academic year, he will hold the Uppsala Chair in Sweden at the Swedish Institute for North American Studies at Uppsala University through the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program.
Theobald is an accomplished educator who began his teaching career in public schools in Minnesota. A renowned researcher in the history and philosophy of education, his works include numerous articles and books, including the critically acclaimed Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride and the Renewal of Community.
Coffee and continental breakfast will be provided; lunch is available at a cost of $8 per person.
The conference is sponsored by Buffalo State College, its Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education and the Monroe Fordham Regional History Center.
A Community Symposium: The State of Urban and Rural Education Since Brown v. Board of Education will be held Saturday, May 22, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. 4 p.m. in the Bulger Communication Center on the campus at 1300 Elmwood Ave. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
The Honorable Judge John T. Curtin, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, who ordered the Buffalo Public Schools to desegregate in 1976, will moderate a question and answer session to close the forum.
Muriel A. Howard, Ph.D., president of Buffalo State College, will make opening remarks and welcome two nationally acclaimed scholars to give morning and afternoon keynote addresses.
V. P. Franklin, professor of history and education at Teacher's College, Columbia University, and research scientist at the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, will deliver the morning keynote address, The State of Urban Education.
Paul G. Theobald, dean and professor in the School of Education and Counseling at Wayne State College, will delivery the afternoon keynote address, The State of Rural Education.
Appointed in 1967 to the U.S. District Court, Judge Curtin became chief judge in 1974 and served in that capacity until 1989. He remains an active judge today. While presiding over many notable environmental, criminal and civil rights cases, Judge Curtin will be remembered by Buffalo educators for his ruling in the Buffalo desegregation case that from 1976 until 1997 resulted in the implementation of the city's magnet school program that promoted voluntary busing and sought to balance parents' demands for choice and the broader, societal goal of equal opportunities for all.
Franklin has published more than 50 scholarly articles on African American history and education, and is the author of five books including, My Soul is a Witness: A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965. In the 2004-2005 academic year, he will hold the Uppsala Chair in Sweden at the Swedish Institute for North American Studies at Uppsala University through the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program.
Theobald is an accomplished educator who began his teaching career in public schools in Minnesota. A renowned researcher in the history and philosophy of education, his works include numerous articles and books, including the critically acclaimed Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride and the Renewal of Community.
Coffee and continental breakfast will be provided; lunch is available at a cost of $8 per person.
The conference is sponsored by Buffalo State College, its Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education and the Monroe Fordham Regional History Center.
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