Feb. 24, 2004

AMERICA BEFORE BROWN
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.; Jerome Greene Hall, Room 103 

Synopsis: This Panel will provide a historical context by focusing on life in the U.S. prior to 1954.

Professor Kendall Thomas, Columbia Law School (Chair)
Alan Brinkley, Provost, Columbia University
Professor Eric Foner, Columbia University
Margaret Fung, Executive Director, Asian American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Theodore M. Shaw, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP-LDF

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General Information
Inaugural Event: The Lawyers Who Argued Brown (Feb. 2, 2004)
Address by Former U.S. President William J. Clinton (Feb.10, 2004)
America Before Brown (Feb. 24, 2004)
The Mystery of Brown (March 25, 2004)
Equality (April 1, 2004)
Fairness and Equality in Criminal Justice (April 14, 2004)
Brown and the Law of Other Nations (Oct. 21, 2004)