"Democracy in Color" is the theme of a podcast by Steve Phillips. The struggle for equality is also central in "They Call Me George Floyd" by Efren Olivares and Toluse Olorunnipa. Today, the three authors will discuss the struggle for real racial equality in the United States. Will we ever be true to our own Pledge of Allegiance, which promises "liberty and justice for all?"
| Tickets: | This is a ticketed event. Tickets are not available yet. |
| Where: | Student Union Gallagher Theater (Seats 337)  |
| When: | Sun, Mar 5, 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Current Issues / Politics / Social Science |
| Moderator: | Lori Poloni-Staudinger |
Efrén C. Olivares is the Deputy Legal Director of the Immigrant Justice Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was the lead lawyer in a successful landmark petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of families separated under the Zero Tolerance policy....
Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa is the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post, and the co-author of "His Name is George Floyd." Covering three presidents, he has reported from five continents with the president's press corps....
Steve Phillips is a national political leader, bestselling author, and columnist. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller "Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority" and his current book "How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good" has been lauded as a "rousing call for change....
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