May 11, 2009
REV. AL SHARPTON, U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, AND MANY OTHERS TO CLOSE THE GAP: EQUALITY IN EDUCATION DAY MAY 16 at the WHITE HOUSE ELLIPSE
Call to Action on the 55th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five years after the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education overturned segregation in public schools, our nation’s public education system continues to deny African American, Latino, and Native American students good teachers and schools. This creates an achievement gap that makes education equality the civil rights issue of our time.
WHAT: Event with civil rights leaders and education reformers issuing a call to action to begin eliminating the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education.
CO-SPONSORS: National Action Network
United Negro College Fund
National Council of La Raza
Education Equality Project
WHO: Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan
The Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network and EEP co-founder
Dr. Michael Lomax, UNCF President & CEO
Joel Klein, New York City Schools Chancellor and EEP co-founder
Raul Yzaguirre, Arizona State University Exec. Director of Center for Community Development and Human Rights and former President & CEO of NCLR
Additional Speakers will include:
William T. Coleman, lead strategist and coauthor of the Brown v. Board of Education brief
Minnijean Brown Trickey, member of the Little Rock 9 at Central High
WHEN: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 10am
WHERE: White House Ellipse
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