Charleston - Race, Water, and the Coming Storm
Harvard Law professor Susan Crawford argued that Charleston, South Carolina, is emblematic of the problems America will face with both racism and climate change. The Harvard Bookstore hosted…
302 viewsHarvard Law professor Susan Crawford argued that Charleston, South Carolina, is emblematic of the problems America will face with both racism and climate change. The Harvard Bookstore hosted…
302 viewsHarvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy discussed the word “nigger” and its various meanings and uses, and examines the controversies triggered by the word. Politics and Prose Bookstore…
2,395 viewsHarvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy weighed in on social justice issues in America. The Free Library of Philadelphia hosted this virtual event.
306 viewsAmerican history is being replaced with a polarizing version according to Woodson Center founder and president Robert Woodson, the author of Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History …
2,572 viewsFour prominent figures in American law including Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan recalled their experiences working as clerks for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. They discussed Ma…
2,644 viewsCivil War historian James Oakes examined how Abraham Lincoln thoughout his political career used the Constitution to abolish slavery. This was a virtual event hosted by the Massachusetts His…
606 viewsLegal historian Paul Finkelman and Harvard law Professor Randall Kennedy presented talks on the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Reconstruction era. Paul Finkelman detailed why he belie…
1,065 viewsColumbia University Law Professor Jamal Greene looked at America’s approach to individual rights and offered his thoughts on how to build a better system of justice. This virtual event was h…
427 viewsAuthors John McWhorter, Randall Kennedy, and Jason Riley and City Journal's Christopher Rufo discussed critical race theory and ideology in America. This virtual program was sponsored by the…
2,517 viewsHarvard Law professor Randall Kennedy talked about the origins of first amendment rights for African American student protesters. He is author of the forthcoming book, From Protest to Law: T…
622 viewsProfessor Randall Kennedy talked about his book, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, published by Pantheon Books. The book traces the word “nigger,” to identify how it has been…
7,949 viewsRandall Kennedy talked about his book, For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law, and also responded to viewer telephone calls and comments. He spoke at the 2014 Miami Boo…
501 viewsRandall Kennedy talked about his book, For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law, in which he looks at the history of affirmative action policies and argues that affirmative …
434 viewsRandall Kennedy talked about his life, work, and career. A Rhodes Scholar, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and is currently a professor at Harvard Law Sch…
2,186 viewsRandall Kennedy talked about his book The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency and responded to viewer calls and electronic communications. He was intervie…
523 viewsIn his latest book, legal scholar Randall Kennedy explores the influence of racial politics on the administration of the first black president. Some of the questions he attempts to answer ar…
1,041 viewsAuthors, political scientists, and sociologists talked about the issues that divide and separate Americans. Topics debated include immigration, poverty, and race. Former Supreme Court Justic…
1,074 viewsRandall Kennedy talked about his book Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, published by Pantheon. In his book Professor Kennedy examined the idea of “selling out” -- of betraying or neg…
748 viewsMr. Patterson led a panel discussion about his book Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy, published by Oxford University Press. The book revisits the…
237 viewsDistinguished jurists heard a re-argument of Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court case in which the Court found that Louisiana did not discriminate against Homer A. Plessy when it refu…
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