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18,190 Days: Brown v. Board of Education
March 5, 2004
Angelo Ancheta director, Advocacy Programs, Civil Rights Project
Mitchell Chang professor, education, UCLA
Vanessa Siddle Walker professor, education, Emory
Charles Willie professor, sociology, Harvard

On the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, this panel discussion considers the topic "18,190 Days of (de)Segregation: How Far Have We Come?" with Angelo Ancheta, Mitchell Chang, Vanessa Siddle Walker, and Charles Willie.

Culture & Identity | Education
Activism | Angelo Ancheta | Charles Willie | civil rights | Culture | Desegregation | Human Rights | Jim Crow | Little Rock nine | Mitchell Chang | Supreme Court | Vanessa Siddle Walker | African American | Classroom & Community | Education Reform | Family Issues | Race
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