The Race, Education and Democracy Lecture and Book Series, a collaborative effort of Simmons College and Beacon Press, will annually bring to Boston a prominent scholar to deliver four to five public lectures on the topic of Race, Education and Democracy. These lectures will form the basis for a book, which will be published by Beacon Press.

This Lecture and Book Series aims to reestablish in the public imagination the historic connection between public education and the possibility of a robust democracy, against the backdrop of the issue of race in America. 

The Series, aimed at a broad audience, will present educational issues in all their complexity, in readily accessible language.  The Series proceeds on the assumption that public education is at the center of American public life and that discussions about critical educational issues need to occur in the public sphere and engage Americans from many different backgrounds in thoughtful and complicated conversations.

We are pleased to announce that THE INAUGURAL LECTURES in The Race, Education and Democracy Lectures and Book Series will be delivered by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, President of Spelman College and author of the award winning book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?


Series Director:      Theresa Perry
                             Professor of Africana Studies and Education
                             Simmons College
                             300 The Fenway
                             Boston, Ma. 02115
                             P. 617-521-2564
                             theresa.perry@simmons.edu