MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jason Shevrin: [email protected], 202-994-5631
Tim Pierce: [email protected], 202-994-5647
EVENT:
Historians will convene at the George Washington University to discuss the past and present state of housing segregation in Washington, D.C. The event will mark the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision outlawing racial covenants and the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
Participants will also discuss Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, a digital public history project documenting the historic extent of racially restricted housing and other mechanisms of segregation in the nation's capital.
The event is co-sponsored by GW’s Center for Washington Area Studies, the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies, the GW Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, and Prologue DC, LLC.
WHO:
- Natalie Hopkinson, assistant professor of communication, culture and media studies, Howard University
- Amanda Huron, associate professor of interdisciplinary social sciences, University of the District of Columbia
- Gregory Squires, professor of sociology and public policy and public administration, GW
- Sasha-Ann Simons, reporter, race and identity, WAMU 88.5 (moderator)
- Mara Cherkasky, nonresident senior scholar, GW Institute of Public Policy; principal, Prologue DC, LLC (introduction)
- Sarah Jane Shoenfeld, nonresident senior scholar, GW Institute of Public Policy; historian and writer, Prologue DC, LLC (introduction)
WHEN:
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018; 5:30-7 p.m.
WHERE:
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
701 21st St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Orange, Blue and Silver lines)
RSVP:
Media interested in attending must contact Jason Shevrin at [email protected] or 202-994-5631.
BACKGROUND:
The Center for Washington Area Studies aims to improve the lives of people in the greater Washington area by studying the neighborhoods and communities of the region. It is a project of GW’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and the GW Institute of Public Policy.
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