Black History Month (Rutgers-Camden Experts)

Dr. WAYNE GLASKER is an associate professor of history at Rutgers–Camden, where he directs the African American studies program.  The author of the book Black Students in the Ivory Tower: African American Student Activism at the University of Pennsylvania, 1967-1990 (University of Massachusetts Press, 2002), he can discuss:

•          Race Relations in the Age of Obama

•          The Political Climate Heading Into the 2012 Election Season

•          African American History

•          Black Nationalism

•          Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

•          Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

•          Black Literature

•          Urban Education

Office:             (856) 225-6220

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Prof. EARL MALTZ, a distinguished professor of law at the Rutgers School of Law—

Camden, is the author of the book Fugitive Slave on Trial: The Anthony Burns Case and Abolitionist Outrage (University Press of Kansas, 2010).  He can discuss:

•          Civil Rights

•          The Constitution

•          Politics of Slavery

•          Slavery and the Supreme Court

•          Employment Discrimination

Office:             (856) 225-6382

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Media Contact: Cathy K. Donovan
(856) 225-6627
E-mail: catkarm@camden.rutgers.edu