National and local experts who will look at the national context in which Carl Stokes was elected Mayor of Cleveland and the current state of race, politics and cities, and what still needs to change in America's cities.

Keynote Address: Leonard Moore, associate professor and assistant vice president Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin and author of "Carl B. Stokes and The Rise of Black Political Power."

Panel Discussion: Moderator, Mansfield Frazier, author and columnist for Cool Cleveland

• Norman Krumholz, Professor, Levin College of Urban Affairs and former Planning Director of the City of Cleveland from 1969-1979.
• Dennis Keating, professor, Levin College and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
• Ronnie Dunn, assistant professor, Levin College
• Roldo Bartimole, journalist and former editor and publisher of Point of View and a columnist for Cool Cleveland

Free and open to the public.

To register and for more information visit our website at www.urban.csuohio.edu or call 216.523.7330