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FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL G. THEODORE MITAU ENDOWED LECTURE

NARRATIVE POWER: How the Civil Rights Movement Overthrew Jim Crow

Omar Wasow is an Assistant Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science. His research focuses on race, politics and statistical methods. His paper on the political consequences of the 1960s civil rights movement was published in the American Political Science Review. His co-authored work on estimating causal effects of race was published in the Annual Review of Political Science. 

Before joining the academy, Omar served as a regular on-air technology analyst and was the co-founder of BlackPlanet.com, a social network he helped grow to over three million active users. In 2003, he helped found a high performing K-8 charter school in Brooklyn. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He received a PhD in African American Studies, an MA in Government and an MA in Statistics from Harvard University.

Note: There will be a reception in the CC Atrium following the lecture. Food will be served.