GW To Honor D.C. Civil Rights Attorney And Education Advocate William L. Taylor, April 27
GW's Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) and Gelman Library's Special Collections Research Center Host Symposium on Education Research and Civil Rights
April 20, 2011
EVENT:
GSEHD Dean Michael Feuer will host a symposium honoring the legacy of the late D.C. civil rights attorney William L. Taylor. With an address from the distinguished historian Carl Kaestle, the event will officially welcome the historical papers, works and documents of Mr. Taylor to GW’s Special Collections Research Center. Mr. Taylor’s historic materials will be permanently housed at GW’s Gelman Library for students, civil rights scholars, education activists and the public.
The keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion. A reception will follow.
WHEN:
Wednesday April 27, 2011; 4 p.m.
WHERE:
The George Washington University
The Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library
7th floor
2130 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
(Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro, Blue and Orange lines)
WHO:
Michael Feuer, dean, GSEHD
Carl Kaestle, university professor emeritus, Brown University
Panelists:
David K. Cohen, professor of education and education policy, University of Michigan
Mary Futrell, professor of education and emerita dean, GSEHD
RSVP:
Media interested in attending should contact Courtney Bowe at 202-994-5631 or cmbowe@gwu.edu
BACKGROUND:
William L. Taylor, a Washington lawyer, civil rights activist and champion for education died on June 28, 2010. His legal career spanned over 60 years. During the 1950s and 60s at the peak of racial segregation, Mr. Taylor worked closely with the first African-American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 2002, Mr. Taylor helped to draft the No Child Left Behind act, ensuring quality access to education for all young learners.
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