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August 26, 2013
Experts on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Syria Response & Women’s Equality Day
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Expert Spotlight
Janus Adams
Janus Adams LLC
For interviews on civil rights, brown v board.
Janus Adams, Emmy Award-winning journalist and author/historian, to discuss the civil rights movement fifty years ago and where we are today. At 8, in the wake of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision, she was one of four children selected to end de facto segregation in New York.
Areas of Expertise:
Education, History, Media and Entertainment, Politics, Race and ethnicity, Social justice
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Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
Best-selling Author, Higher Education Leadership and Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College
For interviews on race relations, psychology.
Spelman College President and race relations expert Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. to discuss the the psychology of racism. In her critically acclaimed 1997 book, “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations about Race, she applies her expertise on race to argue that straight talk about racial identity is essential to the nation.
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Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Distinguished Fellow
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
For interviews on chemical weapons, syria.
Carnegie Endowment President Jessica Tuchman Mathews to discuss the international community's possible responses to chemical weapon use in Syria. The Carnegie Endowment is dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States.
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Beverly Wettenstein (b. - 2019)
Women's Advocate, Speaker, Journalist, Author, Historian, Media Monitor
For interviews on women's equality.
For Women's Equality Day, women's historian and advocate Beverly Wettenstein, to weigh in on progress in women's equality. Ms. Wettenstein monitors daily the news coverage of women – or its absence -- and is the founder of Women in History and Making History Today – 365-Days-A-Year Database.
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Melanie L. Campbell
CEO & President
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc.
For interviews on march on washington, anniversary, civil rights.
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, our Expert Spotlight this week is National Coalition on Black Civic Participation CEO Melanie Campbell. Ms. Campbell is an expert on Black voter participation, civil rights and voting rights.
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Senior Director of Litigation for Education & Workplace Justice
National Women’s Law Center
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