Asian American Law Expert to Speak at Marquette Law School Lecture to Examine Race Relations Beyond Black and White Event Information Date: Monday, Nov. 7, 2005 Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Place: Room 307, Sensenbrenner Hall           1103 W. Wisconsin Ave. Frank H. Wu, Dean of Wayne State University Law School will visit Marquette University Law School Monday, Nov. 7, 2005 to present Race Beyond Black and White: Asian Immigrants and the Criminal Justice System. The lecture will run from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in room 307 of Sensenbrenner Hall, located at 1103 W. Wisconsin Avenue, and is free and open to the public. Wu is the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, and co-author of Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Chronicle of Higher Education, Legal Times, and Asian Week. Wu was named among the top twenty scholars in the nation by Black Issues in Higher Education in its twentieth anniversary issue, to Crain’s magazine’s list of “40 under 40” and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Best Lawyers Under 40. His media appearances have included The Oprah Winfrey Show, Now with Bill Moyers, Newshour, O’Reilly Factor, Book Notes with Brian Lamb, Talk Back Live on CNN, NPR, Voice of America, and Fox Movie Channel. He has also hosted episodes of the PBS-syndicated television show “Asian America.” The lecture is funded by a partnership between the Organization of Chinese Americans and The Allstate Foundation, and part of the culminating event for the OCA Wisconsin Hate Crimes Prevention Project.  Founded in 1973, the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), with its national headquarters in Washington D.C., is dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. OCA-WI is one of over eighty chapters and affiliates across the country. The Allstate Foundation is an independent, charitable organization made possible by the Allstate Corporation. Allstate and The Allstate Foundation sponsor community initiatives to promote safe and vital communities; tolerance, inclusion, and diversity; and economic empowerment. For more information, please visit http://law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?2216&deEvent_eventID=1062&date=11-07-2005. Interested media should contact Anne Broeker in the Office of Marketing and Communication. Office of Marketing and Communication Contacts Christopher Stolarski Media Relations Specialist Phone: (414) 288-1988 Send e-mail