On Wednesday, October 14, North Carolina Central University will hold a lecture featuring Casey Lartigue, education and policy analyst. "Government: Friend or Foe of Minorities?" will take place at 6 p.m. in the Eagle Landing Conference Room on campus.

“Lartigue is the first of a series of guest speakers to visit NCCU’s campus this academic year to represent a variety of political viewpoints,” said Dr. Timothy Holley, director of University Honors Program.

Lartigue is co-editor of the book, Educational Freedom in Urban American: Brown v. Board of Education after Half a Century. His writings have been published in USA Today, Education Week, and The Washington Post. He has spoken at Harvard Law School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the National Press Club.

Lartigue received his bachelor's degree from the Harvard University Extension School and his master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

This lecture is sponsored by the North Carolina Central University Honors Program, the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, and the Arthur Rupe Foundation.