Harvard Sociologist William Julius Wilson Discusses Segregation, Unemployment, and Discrimination, October 19

The Department of Africana Studies Presents Acclaimed Scholar 

William Julius Wilson, PhD, Harvard University
The Scholarly Works of William Julius Wilson: Advancing the Egalitarian Ideal
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
6:30-8 p.m.

Inner-city joblessness. Race, poverty, and incarceration. The Black Lives Matter movement. These are major issues on the minds of people across the country, particularly as the presidential election approaches. Scholar William Julius Wilson, author of The Truly Disadvantaged (1987) and When Work Disappears (1996) explores these crucial topics as well as discusses the problems associated with increased income segregation, specifically in low-income communities also affected by racial segregation. Find out how Dr. Wilson proposes to address the problems of race, class, and cumulative adversity.

About the Speaker
Sociologist William Julius Wilson is one of the nation’s most accomplished and looked-to analysts of race, inequality, and poverty. He is a MacArthur “genius” award recipient as well as the recipient of the National Medal of Science, the most prestigious scientific award in the United States. He is the Director of the Joblessness and Urban Policy Research Program and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. 

This talk is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit africanastudies.pitt.edu.

Sponsored by: Department of Africana Studies, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and The Year of Diversity.