Tatum’s recent title, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race, is widely acclaimed as mandatory reading by faculty and community book clubs around the world. The book was named the 1998 Multicultural Book of the Year by the National Association of Multicultural Education and is high on the must-read list of the New York Times. Tatum is recognized as one of the most influential women in the United States.
Each year the Brock Prize executive committee selects nine jurors, who in turn select the Brock laureate. Jurors include educators and champions of education, university officers, meritorious professors, business and government officials and others committed to excellence and innovation in education. Each juror nominates one prize candidate and serves as an advocate for that candidate during jury deliberation. Funding for the Brock Prize and Symposium is ensured by an endowment in the Brock Foundation, a portion of the Tulsa Community Foundation. For more information about the Brock Prize or the Brock Symposium, visit the Web site at <www.brockprize.org>.
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