Pursuits of Education & Excellence: A 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board

Our symposium begins on Thursday, September 26, 2024 with a screening and discussion of My Name is Pauli Murray, the revelatory film about an unsung hero in the fight for equal education in America. The symposium continues on Friday, September 27 and features a keynote address by Cheryl Brown Henderson, daughter of the Brown family in whose name the historic Brown v. Board of Education was brought. The symposium also will include dialogues with influential Arizona educators and discussions with community leaders, historians and legal professionals who have been on the frontlines of efforts to achieve equal education opportunities in and beyond Arizona.

Host or Publisher Center for the Study of Race and Democracy