Bowes/Madison Lecture: Abigail Thernstrom, vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University
Peace and Justice Theatre,
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
5:30 p.m.
Abigail Thernstrom, vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University, will be the featured speakers for the second annual presentation of the University of San Diego School of Law's Joan E. Bowes-James Madison Distinguished Speaker Series on November 3rd: "Let's Talk about Segregation." The Thernstroms' presentation is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Peace and Justice Theatre of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice on the USD campus. Admission is free of charge-RSVP to (619) 260-6848 or usdlawevent@sandiego.edu.
How fully has America overcome the bitter legacy of centuries of racial injustice? And more specifically, is our society still "segregated?" Stephan Thernstrom will look at racial clustering in neighborhoods and schools, and ask whether black residential concentrations today are radically different from those of Jews, Koreans and other groups. Abigail Thernstrom will explore current public policy, with a special emphasis on the role of the federal government in deliberately separating black and Hispanic voters into their own electoral districts-reinforcing notions of racially distinct values-and the consequences of doing so.
Abigail Thernstrom is vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York and a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education. She received her PhD from the Department of Government at Harvard University. Stephan Thernstrom is the Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches American social history, and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. The Thernstroms are the co-authors of America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible (Simon & Schuster), which the New York Times Book Review named as one of the notable books of 1997. Their latest book, No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning, was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2003.
The series was established in 2004 by University of San Diego School of Law benefactor Joan E. Bowes of La Jolla. For more information, contact Theresa Hrenchir, director of special projects, at (619) 260-7438 or hrenchir@sandiego.edu.
MCLE Credit
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider and certifies that this activity is approved for MCLE credit in the amount of one hour of general credit.
