Hon. William S. Cohen - Race and Reconciliation in America

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Race and reconciliation in America / edited by William S. Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-7391-3550-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7391-3551-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7391-3552-5 (electronic)

1. RacismUnited States. 2. ReconciliationSocial aspectsUnited States. 3. ReconciliationPolitical aspectsUnited States. 4. United StatesRace relations.
I. Title. II. Cohen, William S. III. Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941

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FOUNDERS

The Hon. William S. Cohen , Former Secretary of Defense

Janet Langhart Cohen , Journalist, Author, and Playwright, From Rage to Reason and Anne and Emmett

PARTICIPANTS

Enola Gay Aird , Director, The Motherhood Project, Institute for American Values

Adele Logan Alexander , Professor of History, George Washington University; Author, Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia and Homelands and Waterways: The American Journey of the Bond Family

The Hon. Clifford Alexander , Former Secretary of the Army

James Allen , Author, Without Sanctuary

Tom Allen , Journalist and Author, Declassified: 50 Top-Secret Documents That Changed History ; Coauthor, The Bonus Army: An American Epic and Murder in the Senate

Bernard Bergreen , President, The Howard Gilman Foundation

Douglas Blackmon , Atlanta Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal ; Author, Slavery by Another Name

Katrina Brown , Producer, Traces of the Trade

Krista Buccellato , Emerson College; Actress, Anne and Emmett

Lonnie Bunch , Founding Director, National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Smithsonian Institution

Deepak Chopra , Cofounder, The Chopra Center for Wellbeing; Author, Creating Health and Why Is God Laughing? The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism

Dr. Gail Christopher , Vice President for ProgramsFood, Health & Well-Being, W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Dr. Nancy Clair , Manager, Charter Schools Evaluation, Chicago Public Schools

Chuck Conconi , Senior Counselor, Qorvis Communications; Former Editor at Large, Washingtonian Magazine

John Connolly , Chief of Police, Manchester, Missouri

Stephen Cropper , Vice President, The Howard Gilman Foundation

Dr. Jason Dean , Vice President for Economic Policy, Mississippi Economic Council; Former Policy Advisor to Governor Haley Barbour (R-Mississippi)

Debbie Dingell , Vice Chair, General Motors Foundation

Sam Donaldson , Former Anchor, ABC News ; Cohost, Politics Live

Maria Echaveste , Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff; Cofounder, Nueva Vista Group

Christopher Edley , The Honorable William H. Orrick, Jr., Distinguished Chair and Dean, University of CaliforniaBerkeley School of Law

Mary Farrell , Former Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist, UBS Wealth Management USA; Member, Board of Directors, The Howard Gilman Foundation

Raul Fernandez , CEO, ObjectVideo, Inc.

Patricia Finneran , Festival Director, SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary

Badi Foster , President and CEO, The Phelps Stokes Fund

LaToya Foster

DAngelo Gardner , Student, Urban Prep Academy

Dr. Helene Gayle , President and CEO, CARE USA; Former Director, HIV, Tuberculosis and Reproductive Health Program, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Louis Gossett, Jr. , Founder, Eracism Foundation; Actor, An Officer and a Gentleman (Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor) and Roots (Emmy Award)

Kevin Gover , Director, National Museum of the American Indian, The Smithsonian Institution

Ambassador Marc Grossman , Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs

Tammy Haddad , President, Haddad Media

Rev. Roger Hambrick , Pastor and Choir Director, Green Pastures Baptist Church, The Bronx, New York

Elyas Harris , Boston Arts Academy; Actor, Anne and Emmett

Dr. Dorothy Height , Former President, National Council of Negro Women; Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal

Zelda Heller , Author, Deadly Truth: A Novel Based upon Actual Events in South Africa under Apartheid

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld , Rabbi, Ohev SholomThe National Synagogue, Washington, D.C.

Fred Hochberg , Dean, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy; Member, Board of Directors, The Howard Gilman Foundation

Murray Horwitz , Director, Silver Theater and Cultural Center, American Film Institute

Noel Ignatiev , Professor of American History, Massachusetts College of Art; Author, How the Irish Became White

Bruce Jacobs , Author, Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield between Black and White America in an Age of Fear

General Jim Jones , National Security Advisor; Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Former Commandant, United States Marine Corps

The Hon. Henry Kennedy, Jr. , District Judge, United States District Court, District of Columbia

Joe Klein , Journalist and Columnist; Author, Politics Lost and Primary Colors

Jay Lavender , Independent Entertainment Professional; Producer/Writer, The Break Up

The Hon. John Lewis , Senior Chief Deputy Whip, U.S. House of Representatives; Former Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Reta Lewis , Counsel, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP; Former Special Assistant to the President for Political Affairs

Michael Liberty , Actor/Producer

Joe Madison , The Joe Madison Show , Radio One WOL-AM; 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts, Talker Magazine (nine times)

Dr. Sharon Malone , Physician and Associate, Foxhall OB/GYN

Marlon Marshall , Student, Urban Prep Academy

Robbie McCauley , Faculty of Performing Arts, Emerson College; Actress/ Writer/Director, Sallys Rape (1992 OBIE Award, Best New American Play)

Alexis McGill , Former Executive Director, Citizen Change; Former Director, Hip-Hop Summit Action Network

Peggy McIntosh , Associate Director, Wellesley College Center for Research on Women; Founder and Codirector of the National S.E.E.D. (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Project on Inclusive Curriculum; Author, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Alford McMichael , 14th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; First Senior Noncommissioned Officer for Allied Command OperationsNATO; Author, Leadership