Visiting Diversity Scholar Program

October 2, 2001 Dr. Zvonimir Radeljkovic Professor of American and English Literature Sarajevo University Founding member of the PEN Club of Bosnia-Herzegovina Lecture Topic: How to Manage Diversity – The Sarajevo Experience

October 2, 2002 Ambassador Charles R. Stith Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania Director, African Presidential Archives and Research Center, Boston University Lecture Topic: Building Global Bridges to Connect Diverse Communities

October 2, 2003 Dr. Robert Schrire A student member of the National Union of South Africa forced into exile in 1968 Currently, Professor of Political Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa Lecture Topic: South Africa, Apartheid and Ending Racism

November 8, 2004 Theodore M. Shaw, Attorney Director-Counsel NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Frequent Guest on national television programs Lecture Topic: America and Racism: Reasons to Hope

October 2, 2005 Lewis W. Diuguid Vice President for Community Resources and Columnist at the Kansas City Star Founding member of the Kansas City Association of Black Journalists Lecture Topic: The Role of the Media in Civil Rights

October 5-7, 2006 Dr. Donald Bogle Professor – University of Pennsylvania and Author of : A Biography; Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films; Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood; Primetime Blues: African Americans in Network Television Lecture Topic: African American Hollywood: Images, Movies, Actors, Actresses and Film Makers from 1903 to the Present

September 20-23, 2007 Madison Davis Lacey University of Kansas Documentary Filmmaker whose works include Eyes on the Prize II; Richard Wright- Black Boy; Beyond Tara-The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel; Dance Lecture Topic: Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel