*W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research --
Nathan I. Huggins Lecture Series*
*Envisioning Afro-Latin America - Visions of Equality: Racial Inequality in
Brazil and the United States, 1990-2010*
This lecture will discuss social policies undertaken by the Cardoso and
Lula administrations and the impacts of those policies on black/white
differentials in health, education, and earnings. The lecture will also
compare Brazilian indicators of racial inequality to those in the United
States during the same period.
*George Reid Andrews*
Distinguished Professor of History, UCIS Research Professor, and Chair of
the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh
*Thursday, October 4th, 4:00 p.m.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge*
This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not
required. A Q&A session and reception will follow each lecture.
For more information, please visit
http://www.dubois.fas.harvard.edu/events/nathan-i-huggins-lecture-series-ge…
*Co-sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies and
by Harvard University Press*.
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