Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Mehrsa Baradaran, professor of law at the University of California Irvine, explores the racial wealth gap. Professor Baradaran writes about banking law, financial inclusion, and inequality. Her scholarship includes The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap…
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, explores the racial dimensions of the Flint water crisis. She is the author of What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resilience, and Hope in an American City…
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Frank Leon Roberts, New York University, explores his Black Lives Matter Syllabus, the nationally acclaimed, public educational curriculum that provides resources for teaching Black Lives Matter in classroom and community settings. Dr. Roberts is also the co-founder of the National Black Justice Coalition based in Washington, DC.…
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Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, explores the economic and historical foundations of segregated communities in the United States. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America…
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as media producer, author, and speaker Austin Channing Brown explores allyship. She is the author of I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness…
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Dr. Rhea Boyd, BA '06, Director of Strategy and Equity for the California Children's Trust, explores racial health inequities. Dr. Boyd travels to teach students and trainees about the relationship between structural inequity and health,…
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as The Honorable Eric. H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General of the United States (2009-2015) and Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, explores the intersection of voting rights and racial justice. Mr. Holder is an internationally recognized leader across a broad range of regulatory enforcement, criminal justice, and national security issues. In 2014, Time magazine named Mr. Holder to its list of 100 Most Influential People, noting that he had “worked tirelessly to ensure equal justice.”…
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Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Rachel Lee, project manager for the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research’s Racial Data Tracker, explores the impact of race and ethnicity on COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes. Ms. Lee’s writing and research focuses on racism, anti-Blackness, and ethnocentrism in East Asian countries and Asian American communities, through a close examination of history.…