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 to 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 is aimed at a broad audience and will present educational issues in all their complexities, 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 domain and engage Americans from many different backgrounds in thoughtful and complicated conversations.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. James D. Anderson will deliver the
2007 Race, Education and Democracy Lectures. Dr. Anderson is Professor of History and Educational Policy Studies and Head of the Department of
Educational Policy Studies, at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
He is the author of the award-winning book, The Education of Blacks in the South: 1860-1935.

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