First hour: What would a new U.S. Constitution look like?
Second hour: Carlotta Walls LaNier on desegregating schools
What would the U.S. Constitution look like today if it were created from scratch? An upcoming panel discussion hosted by the Rochester Public Library will explore that question. We'll preview the event with a conversation about how to address modern issues in a new constitution. Our guests:
- Tim Kneeland, professor and chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Nazareth College
- Adam Chodak, anchor and managing editor for WROC-TV
- Kent Gardner, principal and chief economist for the Center for Governmental Research
- Jennifer Byrnes, head of the Science and History Division at the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County
Then in our second hour, Carlotta Walls LaNier was 14 years old when she and eight other African American students walked through the doors of the formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The year was 1957 and the move was a test of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. Walls LaNier graduated from Central High after surviving verbal and physical attacks and a bombing of her home. She will be in Rochester next week as a guest of the YWCA for its Empowering Women Luncheon, but first, she joins us on Connections to discuss school desegregation and her place in history. Our guests: Our guests:
- Carlotta Walls LaNier, author, speaker, and member of the Little Rock Nine
- Angela Panzarella, interim CEO of the YWCA Rochester and Monroe County
- Van White, president of the Rochester City School Board
