Posted April 20, 2005
Criticism of Justice Thomas Overheated, Says Brown-Nagin
Academics and advocates alike should consider that Justice Clarence
Thomas has a unique voice on the Supreme Court bench, and if
they want Thomas to act on racial-justice issues, they should
try to find a way to reach him on his own terms, said visiting
professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin at a lunch talk sponsored by the
Center for the Study of Race and Law April 14. More
April 19, 2005
Race and the Internal Dynamics of Large Law Firms
Visiting professor Mitu Gulati held an informal discussion session with
students on how race and gender factor into the internal dynamics
of large, bureaucratic law firms.
Posted March 16, 2005
Klarman Awarded Bancroft Prize for Study of Civil Rights
Law professor Michael
J. Klarman is among three recipients of this year’s Bancroft Prize, one
of the most coveted honors in the field of history, for his study of the Supreme
Court’s ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education, "From
Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle
for Racial Equality" (Oxford University Press, 2004). More
March 15, 2005
Bias About Unconscious Racial Bias
Lunch talk by visiting professor Richard Banks of Stanford
Law School, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law.
March 4, 2005
Forde-Mazrui
Discusses Legal Response to Hate Speech
Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui opened the doors of his Race
and Law seminar to the public March 2 in an effort to bring greater
understanding of recent incidents of racially motivated hate
speech at the University and suggest possible legal responses,
at an event sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and
Law and the Black Law Students Association. More
Posted February 28, 2005
Civil Rights Movement Turned on Collaboration Between LBJ and MLK, Kotz Says
President
Lyndon Baines Johnson and civil rights leader Martin Luther King,
Jr. were virtually co-conspirators in the critical months leading
to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act according to Nick
Kotz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting while
a reporter for The Washington Post. Kotz spoke about the relationship
between the two leaders, the subject of his book “Judgment
Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the
Laws That Changed America,” Feb. 23 at the invitation of
the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the
Black Law Students Association. More
February 24, 2005
Locked In Segregation: A Market Lock-In Model of Racial Inequality
With professor Daria Roithmayr, an expert in critical
race theory. Sponsored by the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the
Law and the Center for the Study of Race and Law.
February 19, 2005
Changing Perspectives on Blacks in the Legal Community
A part of the Black Law Student Association's biennial
Alumni Reunion, this panel discussion featured John Merchant
'58, Adrienne Ashby '98, Elva Holland '82 and professor Kim Forde-Mazrui.
February 17, 2005
Civil Rights Tools for Today’s Problems
Ashley Taylor, partner at Troutman Sanders LLP, discussed
his recent appointment to the United States Commission for Civil
Rights. Sponsored by the Black Law Students Association.
February 10, 2005
SUPRA Presents: Implicit Bias
Members of Students United to Promote Racial Awareness
presented a new online test for subconscious biases,
and discussed reactions to the results—both
directly and in terms of how such biases might affect society.
February 9, 2005
Did Jackie Robinson Slow Integration of Baseball?
Professor J. Gordon Hylton explored whether legally mandated
integration of major league teams could have escalated the pace
of baseball's integration. The Brooklyn Dodgers signing of African-American
Jackie Robinson in 1945 is correctly remembered as a civil rights
milestone. Robinson's signing ended a boycott of black players
by Organized Baseball that had begun in the late 19th century and
undercut a powerful symbol of segregation in American society.
What has not been acknowledged is that Robinson's signing brought
to a premature halt an ongoing campaign in New York and Massachusetts
to use recently adopted state employment discrimination laws to
force the five major league teams in those two states to abandon
their discriminatory practices in player hiring. Sponsored by the
Center for the Study of Race and Law.
Posted February
7, 2005
Klarman Traces Heroism of Pre-Brown Civil
Rights Lawyers
As the civil rights era recedes into
history, younger Americans in particular fail to appreciate
the courage of black leaders who challenged segregated society,
law professor Michael Klarman, author of "From Jim Crow to
Civil Rights, The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial
Equality," told the audience at a Feb. 2 talk sponsored by
the Black Law Students Association to kick off the Law School’s
observation of Black History Month. A better appreciation of
history would increase public support for affirmative action
policies and other attempts to remedy the legacies of racial
oppression, he said. More
February 3, 2005
War Stories from the Ongoing Civil Rights Struggle
Richard Cohen, President of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke
speak about the current work of the SPLC, the civil rights cases
it litigates, and its educational projects. Sponsored by the Student
Legal Forum.
Posted Dec. 1, 2004
Hospital Geography Helps Account for Racial Disparities in Health
Care, Economist Argues
African-Americans may get poorer medical treatment because they
are more likely to go to bad hospitals, said Dartmouth economics
professor Amitabh Chandra at a Nov. 19 talk sponsored by the
Sadie Lewis Webb Program in Law and Biomedicine. More
Posted November 19, 2004
Targeted Redistribution, Rather than Torts, Should Address Slavery
Reparations, Logue Says
Seeking reparations for slavery through
class action lawsuits may not be as effective as programs that
incorporate some element of racial redistribution, said Visiting
Professor Kyle Logue at a talk sponsored by the Center for the
Study of Race and Law Nov. 16. More
Posted October 25, 2004
Native American Spirit Survives Through Centuries of Struggle,
Strickland Says
The Native American struggle for survival
since Europeans arrived in North America has not been one of
isolated conflicts but rather an intellectual, legal, and cultural
battle, said University of Oregon law professor Rennard Strickland ‘65,
who spoke at an event sponsored by the Center for the Study
of Race and Law and
the Student Legal Forum Oct. 21. More
Posted October 4, 2004
Gay Marriage Opponents Mimic Objections
to Interracial Marriage, Forde-Mazrui Says
Opponents of gay marriage use many of the same arguments
as foes of interracial relationships did before Loving v.
Virginia outlawed state bans on interracial marriage in
1967, said law professor Kim
Forde-Mazrui at a talk sponsored by the Center for the Study
of Race and Law and Lambda
Law Alliance Sept. 30. More
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