Superintendent to discuss history of race and public education
DeKalb County School District Superintendent Thurmond will talk about race and public education in a public address Wednesday at The Commerce Club of Atlanta.
The 11:30 a.m. speech comes before the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the historic U.S. Supreme Court order to desegregate schools.
The event costs about $35 to attend. Information: 404-222-0191 or Roxanne.Vallone@ourclub.com.
About the Author
Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
