Brown & Associates
Speaker Topics
Cheryl Brown Henderson
- Brown v the Board of Education – history, impact and significance
- Brown v the Board of Education – genesis and contemporary relevance
- The role of women in civil rights and social movements
- Diversity – its meaning and importance
- Teacher workshops – Teaching Brown v. Board of Education
Carl Boyd
- Tools for teaching hard to reach students - lecture and teacher workshop
- Strategies to ensure academic success
- Academic Patriotism
- Straight talk for our youth
Steven Brown
- School Law – legal responsibility of school boards and administrators
- Public Radio – the peoples broadcast network
- Theatrical performances and plays
- “Thurgood Marshall and Earl Warren: A Conversation”
- “And on the Eighth Day: Bryan and Darwin”
- “Fireside Chat: A Conversation with Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Venlda Chenault
- The role of Indigenous studies programs on university campuses
- Factors contributing to the phenomenon of violence and abuse against Indian women
- Impact of violence and abuse against Indigenous college students
- The importance of indigenous representation within non-tribal organizations
Phoebe Ferguson
- Plessy v. Ferguson – 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision resulting in the doctrine of “Separate but Equal”
- The power of film making
- Capturing the past – documentary films
- Writing about the past
Lynne M. Jackson
- Dred and Harriet Scott: The Rest of the Story
- Family Secrets: The Genealogy of Dred Scott
- The Power of One: Dred Scott and His Fight for Freedom
- Faith & Fire: Harriet Scott, A Woman of Faith and Determination
- Turning Points of the Dred Scott Case
- Dred Scott Decision and the Power of Perseverance
- Dred Scott and Beyond
*Most offerings are accompanied by a customized PowerPoint presentation and array of physical documents. .
Stogie Kenyatta
- Theatrical performance – A One man show – “The World is my home: The Life of Paul Robeson”
Carolyn Maul McKinstry
- Surviving the Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama
- Remembrance and Reconciliation
- Forgiveness in the of bias and bigotry
- Living with purpose
Keith Weldon Medley
- Plessy v. Ferguson – the legal fight against legal racial segregation
Keith Plessy
- Capturing our past with murals and other forms of art
- Plessy v. Ferguson – 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision resulting in the doctrine of “Separate but Equal”
Terrence Roberts
- Inside the story of the “Little Rock Nine”
Joy Speaks
- Davis v Prince Edward County School Board one of the cases consolidated with Brown v. Board
Ambassador Charles Stith
- The Challenges and opportunities of global business
- The U.S. and leadership for developing countries
- Post September 11 policy and politics
- The U.S. role in human global rights struggles
John Stokes
- Davis v. Prince Edward County School Board one of the cases consolidated with Brown v. Board
Carmaletta Williams
- Creative writing – a tool for capturing the past
- The life and legacy of poet Langston Hughes
- American Indians and African Americans shared histories
- Harlem Renaissance –its importance and influence
- Why Teach Africa
- Theatrical performance – Portraying Zora Neal Hurston