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This morning and next up here on cspan a look at the supreme courts landmark brown v. Board of education ruling, ending segregation in Public Schools, may 18 was the 63rd anniversary of that ruling. Educators and historians this week examined the impact of the decision. This three and a half hour forum is hosted by the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Good afternoon. I am its kind of quiet in here. Looks like i walked in and i felt i was at a funeral. We have to do something about this. Were going to the body is not here. You know it was really somber and everything. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and c. E. O. Of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallop, our partner in the work were going to be embarkin ....
Good afternoon. Its quiet in here. I felt like ways in a funeral. We have to do something about. This the body is not here. You know, it was really somber and everything. I know the weather is impacting us. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallup, our partner in the work that were going to be embarking upon over the next several years. But we just want to welcome you to our home. Im going to tell why you were here and turn it over to the panelists. Were here toinlt deu introduce of special people in the room. A very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund dr. Join payne. None of this would happen, we would not be here fit wasnt for her vision to create an organization that would re ....
Good afternoon. Its kind of quiet in here. I walked in and i felt like i was at a funeral. Well have to do something about this. The bodys not here. It was really somber and everything. I know the weather is impacting us, but id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallup, our partner in the work that well be embarking upon in the next several years and id like to welcome you to our home. Id like to start up and tell you why we are here and turn it over to the panelists is to introduce a very special person in the room. A whole bunch of special people, but a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund, dr. Jois payne. Dr. Payne, please stand. [ applause ] payne. Dr. Payne, please stand. ....
Well go ahead and start our next panel so that we can keep on time and be as efficient as we can. Welcome to the second panel of the day. This panel is entitled where are we now, a conversation on Educational Opportunity and integration. Our panelist today will be girouard robinson, a resident scholar at the institution, the virginia secretary of education and the president of the black alliance for Educational Options. Girard has a long history in education. Dr. Greg forcester is the director of the oikonia network at Trinity International university, a senior fellow at ed choice and currently at the Freedman Foundation for educational choice. He is the author of six books and coauthor of additional three books and his ph. D. At yale. Mich ....