Center for the Study of Race and Democracy

Filmmaker Spike Lee speaks into a microphone while siting on a couch on stage during a lecture event

Arts, humanities and education

Filmmaker Spike Lee’s storytelling skills captivate audience at ASU event

Viola Davis speaks in Phoenix

Arts, humanities and education

Viola Davis on race and democracy in ASU lecture

February 28, 2016

Jeff Chang

Arts, humanities and education

Cultural scholar Jeff Chang presents ASU Visionary Lecture

November 02, 2015

Anti-racist activist Tim Wise

Anti-racist writer, educator Tim Wise to explore biases at ASU lecture

July 09, 2015

Anderson Cooper, ASU's Matthew Whitaker, Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church choir

Anderson Cooper at ASU: Community conversations on race vital

May 01, 2015

portrait of journalist Anderson Cooper

ASU hosts conversation with Anderson Cooper on media, democracy

April 22, 2015

group of people pose with Sparky the Sun Devil at a gala event

ASU gala honors unsung changemakers

December 17, 2014

satirist Aaron McGruder

Writer, cartoonist to weigh in on race in America

October 21, 2014

woman holding a sign displaying a "microaggression"

'Healing Racism Series' takes on microaggression

September 02, 2014

Forest Whitaker at the podium with Pilgrim Rest choir members in backdrop

Forest Whitaker emphasizes power of the individual in ASU democracy lecture

April 30, 2014