Inspired by senator Barack Obama's speech "A More Perfect Union" addressed in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution Center, on March 18, 2008, Baruch faculty members and students discuss the race and various issues on April 9, 2008 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 2-125.

Professor Kyra Gaunt, jointed appointed in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Baruch College, moderates the discussion.

The event is co-sponsored by Department of Black/Hispanic Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Center on Equality, Pluralism and Policy, School of Public Affairs.

[Part 1: 71 Min.]

Opening Remarks - Professor Kyra Gaunt, and Sonia Javis, Distinguished Lecturer, School of Public Affairs;

Faculty Speakers:

Clarence Taylor, Professor of History

Glenn Petersen, Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Johanna Fernandez, Professor of Black/Hispanic Studies

Arthur Lewin, Professor of Black/Hispanic Studies

Michel Marriott, Professor of Journalism

[Part II: 82 Min.]

James McCarthy, Provost and vice President for Academic Affairs; Open Dialog and Discussion