The Multicultural Lecture Series
List of Previous Speakers
2005-06
Donna Brazile political consultant
Irshad Manji author and television personality
2004-05
Prof. Lani Guinier Harvard law professor
Kweisi Mfume NAACP's immediate past president & CEO
2003-04
Sonia Manzano television writer and performer
Elizabeth Birch civil rights activist
2002-03
Dr. Benjamin Barber educator
Ms. Naomi Tutu educator
2001-02
Mr. Lech Walesa Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Ms. Kerry Kennedy Cuomo human rights activist/author
2000-01
Dr. Manning Marable professor/author/educator Lebensraum, InterAct Theatre Company
Mr. Israel Horovitz author
Mr. Seth Rozin director, award-winning play
1999-00
Mr. Jonathan Kozol educator/author
Mr. Kevin Locke educator/performer
1998-99
Ms. Kate Bornstein essayist/novelist
Ms. Sandra Guzman journalist/producer
1997-98
Dr. Derald Wing Sue scholar/professor/author
Dr. Maya Angelou poet/educator/author
1996-97
Mr. George Emilio Sanchez writer/performer/director
Dr. Cornel West scholar/professor/author
1995-96
Mr. Brent Staples author
Ms. Delores Huerta co-founder of United Farm Workers of America
1994-95
Dr. Michael Berenbaum U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ms. Bell Hooks author/scholar
1993-94
Mr. Jack Hasegawa consultant/trainer
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. scholar/author
1992-93
Mr. Henry Cisneros Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Dr. Larry Gross scholar/author
1991-92
Dr. Mary Berry civil rights activist
Ms. Susan Shown Harjo cultural rights activist
1990-91
Dr. Leonard Fein author
Ms. Judith Miller journalist/author
1989-90
Dr. N.T. Wang author
Dr. Eugene Eoyang educator
1988-89
Dr. Samuel Betances educator
Dr. Manuel Justiz educator
1987-88
Mr. Juan Williams journalist
Rev. Leon Sullivan anti-apartheid activist
