University to Host Conversation About 'Segregation by Design'

04/02/2019

Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., vice president for diversity and community engagement, Chet Gillis, Ph.D., interim provost, and SLU historians will join other local scholars and community leaders for a discussion of the book Segregation by Design: Conversations and Calls for Action in St. Louis.

The book event will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at the Center for Global Citizenship. Light refreshments will be provided.

Event Details

12:30 p.m. - Welcome by Chet Gillis, Ph.D., interim provost, Saint Louis University

12:40 to 1:10 p.m. - Book overview by the editors, Catalina Freixas, Ph.D., and Mark Abbott, Ph.D.

• Freixas is a professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
• Abbott is professor emeritus of history at Harris-Stowe State University.

1:10 to 1:30 p.m. - Discussion of Chapter 9 Essay

• "The Day After Segregation: Thinking Through the Unimaginable," Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., vice president for diversity and community engagement and assistant professor of African American Studies, Saint Louis University.

1:30 to 2 p.m. - Panel Discussion including:

• Lorri Glover, Ph.D., John Francis Bannon Professor of History, Saint Louis University.
• Christopher Tinson, Ph.D., associate professor of history and director of African American Studies, Saint Louis University.
• Willie P. Stallworth, pastor of Unity Lutheran Church, East St. Louis.
• Rosalind Williams, former director of planning for Ferguson, Missouri.