Monday, September 22, 2014

Brown at 60 (at IU Bloomington)

Indiana University-Bloomington Maurer School of Law announces Brown at 60 a series of “lectures, workshops, and film screenings commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision.”

Thurs., Sept. 25, Noon
Moot Court Room    
Jerome Hall Lecture: "Parents Involved and the Struggle for Historical Memory"
Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.  More on Professor Tushnet's lecture is here.

Weds., Oct. 15, Noon
Moot Court Room    
Harris Lecture: "The Broken Promise of Brown"
Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP; Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia

Thurs., Oct 16, 7 p.m.
IU Cinema    
Screening of portions of Eyes on the Prize
Introduced by Julian Bond

Thurs., Oct. 30, 4 p.m.
Room t/b/a    
The Last War: The End of Racial Equality in Three Moves
Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles S. Rhyne Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

Law and Society Workshop
Thurs., Nov. 13, 4 p.m.    
The Unspoken Harms of Racial Segregation and Discrimination: What Brown Failed to Say
Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law

Law and Society Workshop
Weds., Dec. 3, Noon
Moot Court Room    
School Desegregation in the Heart of Dixie: Mississippi Then and Now
John Dittmer, Emeritus Professor of History, DePauw University

Mon., Dec. 8, 7 p.m.
IU Cinema    
Screening of American Promise
Introduced by Indiana University faculty