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April 18 , 2007
The Vernon D. Jarrett Lecture Series on Race and Education |
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Roland Martin on Race and Education in the 21st Century |
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Roland Martin
CNN Contributor
WVON-AM Morning Host
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| Location |
Jane
Addams Hull-House Museum
University of Illinois at Chicago
800 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60607
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Roland
Martin On Race and Education features the social
commentary of journalist and public intellectual Roland
Martin on issues that sit at the intersection of race
and education in the US and how those issues impact key
social, political, and economic outcomes in this country.
Roland S. Martin
is a nationally syndicated columnist, host of the Roland
S. Martin show on WVON-AM in Chicago, a commentator for
TV One cable network, and a contributor to CNN. The former
Executive Director of the Chicago Defender, Roland Martin
has served as editor of Savoy Magazine, the Houston Defender,
the Dallas Weekly, and BlackAmericaWeb.com. Roland Martin
is also the author of Listening to the Spirit Within:
50 Perspectives on Faith, and Speak, Brother! A Black
Man's View of America, books for which he has been recognized
for his honest and refreshing perspectives on issues of
race, sports, social justice, and the media. He has appeared
as a commentator on many television news programs, including
Paula Zahn Now, Anderson Cooper 360, and Lou Dobbs Tonight.
Roland Martin
has won more than 20 professional awards for journalistic
excellence, including a regional Edward R. Murrow Award
from the Radio Television News Directors; several first
place awards from the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of
Black Communicators; two citations from the National Associated
Press-Managing Editors Conference; the top sports reporting
award in 1997 from the National Association of Black Journalists;
and honors from the Houston Press Club.
This
lecture is one of a series as part of the Vernon D. Jarrett
Senior Fellow Program – a program established by
the Vernon D. Jarrett Foundation. In the tradition of
Vernon Jarrett’s contribution to open discussion
of important urban issues, the program offers a lecture
series, which brings public intellectuals to share their
analysis of current issues.
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