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Monday May 17, 2004

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Week of May 17, 2004

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10:00Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary

On the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Diane and her guests talk about the ruling's legacy and what more might be done to realize the dream of racial equality in public education and American society.

Guests

Theodore Shaw, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Richard Kahlenberg, senior fellow at the Century Foundation and author of "All Together Now" (Brookings)

Derrick Bell, visiting professor of law at the New York University Law School and author of "Silent Convenants" (Oxford University Press)

Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of the "Little Rock nine" and a visiting writer at Arkansas State University

Dr. Shirley Jackson, president of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute

11:00Amy Stewart: "The Earth Moved" (Algonquin)

The earthworm may be small, spineless, and blind. But its impact on the ecosystem is profound. A garden writer tells us everything we've always wanted to know about worms.

Guests

Amy Stewart, author of "The Earth Moved" and "From the Ground Up."

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