This panel discussion addresses race in America as part of the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Equality and Justice in America. Panelists include Alexander Polikoff, Esq., Director, Public Housing Transformation Initiative, Chicago; J. Phillip Thompson, Associate Professor, Urban Politics, M.I.T.; and Anurima Bhargava, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. Marian Engelman Lado, granddaughter of Lillie and Nathan Ackerman, speaks at the event. David Birdsell, Dean of School of Public Affairs makes the opening remarks.

Moderated by Sonia R. Jarvis, Ackerman Chair and Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, the event takes place on November 9, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.