Martin Luther King Jr Celebration Keynote

To honor the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Caltech Center for Diversity invited Dr. Anthony A. Samad to give the keynote talk entitled "Keys to the Kingdom"

Ask the Questions: What can I do to Combat Racism and Sexism? How can We Value the Lessons of History?

About Anthony A. Samad:

Author, columnist and professor Anthony Asadullah Samad was born in 1957 in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from California State University in Los Angeles with his B.A. degree in communications in 1980. Samad went on to receive his M.P.A degree in public finance from the University of Southern California in 1983.

From 1980 until 1984, Samad worked as a branch manager of Beneficial Finance. In 1984, he was hired as the vice president of Founders Savings, and, from 1985 to 1990, he served as president of Liberty Finance Management. Then, in 1991, Samad founded Samad and Associates, a strategic planning and urban affairs firm specializing in the assessment and management of public policy, economic development, urban, social and race issues. In 1996, he was hired by the Los Angeles Community College District, where he currently serves as a professor of political science and African American studies. From 1997 to 2007, he attended Claremont Graduate University, where he received his second M.A. degree in political economy, and then his Ph.D. degree in political science.

Samad has authored five books: Souls for Sale: The Diary of an Ex‐Colored Man (2002); 50 Years After Brown: The State of Black Equality in America (2005); Saving The Race: Empowerment Through Wisdom (2007); REAL EYEZ: Race, Reality and Politics In 21st Century Popular Culture (2012); and March On, March On Ye Mighty Host: The Comprehensive History of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (1914‐2013) (2013). From 2007 until 2011, he served as the publisher of Who's Who In Black Los Angeles. Samad has also been a syn- dicated columnist, and an opinion leader, publishing articles in newspapers and websites nationwide.