Lincoln (Neb.) - Oct. 23, 2000 - As part of a national conference on race in America, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a town hall meeting from 8 to 10 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Nebraska Union Auditorium, 1401 R St.
The town hall, "Overcoming Problems of Race: Are Law, Politics and Protests Enough?" will encourage a panel of eight scholars and the audience to engage in a discussion on race. The meeting will be moderated by Lucius J. Barker of Stanford University. Panel members are Mack Jones of Clark Atlanta University, Linda Williams of the University of Maryland at College Park, Rick Thomas of the Santee Sioux tribe of Nebraska, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Texas A&M University, Dianne Pinderhughes of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, William Nelson of Ohio State University and John Hibbing and Miguel Carranza of UNL.
The town hall is part of the annual Hendricks Symposium at UNL, this year titled "Race in America: Analytical and Policy Perspectives for the 21st Century."
"The conference on race permits the examination of race in a diversity of ways and approaches," said Michael Combs, professor of political science at UNL and one of the symposium's organizers. "National scholars on race and related issues will present papers and discuss the multifaceted nature of race in the context of America."
The Nov. 2-3 symposium at the Nebraska Union will include scholars
from 31 colleges and universities from across the United States, as well
as representatives of government, church groups, Native Americans and the
Screen Actors Guild. Panels will address race in America in terms of
urban policy, the justice system, religion, history, politics,
psychology, education and the media.
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