Mar. 25, 2004

THE MYSTERY OF BROWN
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.; Jerome Greene Hall, Room 103

Synopsis: Explain why so many scholars believe that Chief Justice Earl Warren's opinion in Brown was wrong on the history, evidence, and jurisprudence, but the outcome was right.

Roundtable
Professor Jack Greenberg, Columbia Law School (Chair)
Professor Michael Dorf, Columbia Law School
Richard Goldstone, Former Justice, The Constitutional Court of South Africa
Professor Kendall Thomas, Columbia Law School

Brown v. Board of Ed. Links:

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)