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Oct. 23, 2007
Civil rights leader to lecture, Oct. 29-31, on the right to a high-quality public school education
Robert Parris Moses, a celebrated civil rights leader, will deliver three lectures at Cornell, Oct. 29-31, on the theme "Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right." Moses founded the Algebra Project, a program to build math literacy for African-American and other minority students, and is a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor. Moses will speak on "A Story About the Nation and Its Constitution," Monday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Uris Auditorium; "A Story About Educational Access" will take place Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 4:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall; and "My Story About Myself and Mississippi" is slated for Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. at the Africana Studies and Research Center. An open forum led by Michael Molina, national director for Quality Education as a Civil Right, will be held Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Carl Becker House Common Room. All events are free and open to the public.
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