The Humane City:
Race, Ethnicity and Freedom
in Urban America
Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The town hall will feature a panel discussion
on successful mobilization of the city’s
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physical, financial and intellectual resources
The Newark Museum
to build a compassionate city where the
The Billy Johnson Auditorium
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ
challenges of diversity and social justice are
confronted on the streets, in the schools
and in the halls of power.
James O. Horton
(Moderator)
Jim Horton is the
Benjamin Banneker
Professor Emeritus
of American Studies
and History, George
Washington University;
Historian Emeritus,
Smithsonian National
Museum of American
History
Free and open to the public, RSVP at
www.LincolnLivesOn.com
Eric Foner
Nancy Foner
Jeff Johnson
Pedro A. Noguera
Maria Vizcarrondo
DeWitt Clinton
Professor of History at
Columbia University,
and one of the nation’s
most prominent
historians who has
reshaped the way we
discuss and understand Reconstruction.
Distinguished Professor of Sociology,
Hunter College and
the Graduate Center,
City University of
New York
Award-winning journalist,
social activist and
political commentator;
author of Everything I’m
Not Made Me Everything
I Am.
Professor, Steinhardt
School of Culture,
Education, and Human
Development at New
York University;
Executive Director,
Metropolitan Center for
Urban Education; coDirector of the Institute
for the study of Globalization and Education in
Metropolitan Settings
Director, Newark
Department of Child and
Family Well-Being
Conveners: NJ Council for the Humanities; Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of NJ; Institute on
Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, Rutgers - Newark; New Community Corporation; Ironbound
Community Corporation; Newark Museum; New Jersey Historical Society; Center for Race and Ethnicity,
Rutgers-NB; Paul Robeson Cultural Center, Rutgers-NB; Honors College, Rutgers- Newark; Academic and
Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers-NB; Newark Public Library; New Jersey Performing
Arts Center; Center for Civic Engagement, Drew University; Exploritas
Prudential Financial Inc., provided a major grant to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Foundation
to produce the Lincoln Legacy Town Hall Meeting in Newark and other major events. Additional funding has
been provided by The Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo, Michigan, The Marjorie Kovler Fund, McCormick Foundation, Motorola Foundation, and Canadian National.
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