August 18, 2011
Separate but Unequal: Closing the Education Gap
Old Whaling Church, 89 Main Street, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University presents its annual Martha's Vineyard Forum.
Hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Director, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University
Director, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University
With a special performance by Joshua Bennett, Spoken Word Artist
: "Poverty and Failure of Education System Weigh on Black Students"
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Moderated by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Essence, Africa Bureau Chief, and author of New News Out of Africa: Uncovering the African Renaissance
Lawrence D. Bobo
W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
James P. Comer
Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center
Angel L. Harris
Associate Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies, Princeton University
Diane Ravitch
Research Professor of Education, New York University
Michelle A. Rhee
Founder and CEO, StudentsFirst
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