9:00 - 9:10
Salah M. Hassan, Acting Director, Africana Studies
Opening Remarks
Biddy Martin, Provost, Cornell University
Welcoming Remarks

9:10 - 9:30
Robert Harris, Jr., Professor Africana Studies, and Vice Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development, Cornell University
"Brown v. Board of Education: A Historical Overview"

9:30 - 10:15
Speaker: Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
"Fantasizing Reality: Why Brown Failed, Why Bush Won and the Necessity of Distinguishing Dangers and Opportunities"
Moderator: James E. Turner, Professor, Africana Studies

10:15 - 10:45
Discussion

10:45 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:45
Speaker: Charles J. Ogletree, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Harvard School of Law
"All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education."
Moderator: N’Dri Assie-Lumumba, Professor, Africana Studies

11:45 - 12:15
Discussion

12:15 - 1:30
Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:15
Keynote Speaker: Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law, Columbia University and UCLA (Class of 1981, Cornell University)
"Africana Studies Meets the Law: A Genealogy of Critical Race Theory"
Moderator: Ayele Bekerie, Professor, Africana Studies

2:15 - 2:35
Discussion

2:35 - 3:00
Summary and Concluding Remarks:
Locksley Edmondson, Professor, Africana Studies

3:15 - 4:15
Building Dedication Ceremony

4:15 - 6:00
Reception