BROWN
VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Berger's Beat February 18, 2014 http://bergersbeat.com/
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, 50 years since the March on Washington and 70 years since the integration of St. Louis University. A Civil Rights Symposium at SLU School of Law at 10 a.m., Feb. 21 will feature Linda and Cheryl Brown, daughters of plaintiff Oliver Brown. They are expected to take a look at how discrimination has historically effected urban development, education and the criminal justice system. ..Just-disclosed church records in Archbishop Robert Carlson’s home diocese – St. Paul, Minnesota – show that Fr. Gerard Funcheon now lives at a Catholic facility in Dittmer, MO. Funcheon has admitted under oath that he has molested kids in Hawaii and in six other states and on military bases in the U.S. and Germany. Carlson and Funcheon were both Twin Cities priests in the 1970s. . .Cruise ships such as the Arnold Donald-helmed Carnival lines have faced rough waters in the last year. A stomach virus on the Norwalk, passengers falling over the “Poop Cruise.” Now comes a PR push in partnerships: Carnval’s “Dr. Seuss at Sea” programs; Celebrity with Bravo to begin “Top Chef” cruises.
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