43rd Annual Sawczuk Conference
Yesterday, the History Department held its 43rd Annual Sawczuk Conference. Two students presented research completed during the fall semester in their senior capstone course, the Tuleja Seminar, the theme of which was U.S. Urban History. Gurcharan Noble Singh presented his paper entitled “South-Asian Transnational Identity and Immigration to the United States” and Christian O’Neal presented his research on the question “How Effective Was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for Blacks in New York City?” Dr. John Johnson, Jr., instructor of the Tuleja Seminar, made a guest appearance and presented his work “That God don’t have to leave for the highway: Postwar Liberalism, Urban Renewal, and Community Underdevelopment in Newark, New Jersey.”
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- Noble explaining his graph on the 1965 Immigration Acts.
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- Christian talking about the origins of anti-discrimination laws in New York.
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- Dr. Johnson showing an image of Newark’s 300th anniversary parade.
The Sawczuk Conference is named in honor of Professor Konstantin Sawczuk, Ph.D. ’56 who taught at Saint Peter’s College from 1964 until his untimely death in 1981.