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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION INAUGURAL DIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES

Joan and Loki Mulholland

February 13 civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, together with filmmaker Loki Mulholland, presented The Uncomfortable Truth. Using clips from the 2017 documentary with the same name, the Mulholland’s spoke about the ways in which racism continues to organize life in the United States.

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Max Felker-Kantor

MAX FELKER-KANTOR

March 5 American historian Dr. Max Felker-Kantor explained how the Los Angeles Police Department, faced with restrictions on its discretionary authority during the late 1950s and 1960s, sought to expand its power. Referencing his book Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD, Kantor’s research shows us how historical events connect with what we are seeing with today’s school-to-prison pipeline.

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Benjamin Crump

BENJAMIN CRUMP

March 26 Benjamin Crump, attorney at law, spoke to Using the Law as a Weapon. Mr. Crump shared his experiences with the “intellectual justification of discrimination” and highlighted examples of how the law has been used as a weapon again African Americans throughout history. Mr. Crump advised we must work through both education and economic channels to achieve change and equality as one cannot progress without the other.

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Olene Walker Olene Walker was the former Governor of the State of Utah and the first woman to occupy that position. She held the position of Lieutenant Governor, under Governor Mike Leavitt, for eleven years. She obtained her bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees from Brigham Young University, Stanford University, and the University of Utah respectively.
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Last Updated: 8/21/23