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Lani Guinier spoke about her life and career. Ms. Guinier is a professor at Harvard Law School and a former special assistant at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice a…

Law scholars talked about civil and human rights themes in Dr. Seuss' in The Sneetches and Yertle the Turtle. Among the topics they addressed were personal rights and identity, racial litera…

Panelists talked about affirmative action, the future of college diversity, and policy implications. The panel focused primarily on using class instead of race to achieve diversity in higher…

Following opening remarks, panelists talked about what happened in the 1991 Senate confirmation hearing in which Professor Anita Hill testified that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Tho…

A panel discussion was held to commemorate the July 2, 2008, centennial of the birth of Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Ju…

Civil rights activists, scholars, and policy analysts gathered to discuss their thoughts and insights on the challenges facing African-Americans. Tavis Smiley moderated a question and answer…

Participants talked about the legacy of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education on the 50th anniversary of the landmark case. Among the topics they addressed were the state of race relat…

Panelists on both panels talked about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Powell’s legacy and school diversity. Topics included Powell’s methods of decision-making, his influence on court decisions, …

Professor Lani Guinier spoke about her book “The Tyranny of the Majority” in which she outlines her views on race relations in the U.S.

Ms. Guinier spoke to reporters on the morning after President Clinton announcing he had withdrawn her name from nomination for the position of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in …

Professor Guinier talked about college admissions and considering race in the process. She also talked about access to public and private institutions on a socio-economic basis. Following he…

The panelists discussed the events of the century and how America has evolved over the course of time. They discussed various issues of local and national concern, the economy, and chang…

As part of the Detroit Educational Summit, panelists talked about problems impacting urban areas and the role of community leaders in addressing the issues. Among the topics they addressed w…

Author Lani Guinier talked about the ideas outlined in her book "The Miner’s Canary", published by Harvard University Press. Along with her co-author, Gerald Torres, Guinier used the example…

America and the Courts will feature Harvard Law Professor, Lani Guinier’s March 16 speech at the University of San Francisco Law Review Symposium where she talked about changes in race, gend…

In a forum titled, “Where Do We Go From Here?: Chaos or Community? Black America’s Vision for Healing, Harmony and Higher Ground,” black leaders talked about African-American issues since t…

In a forum on the state of black America designed to present a public think tank that will analyze the critical challenges facing the African-American community, panelists talked about the c…

At a Town Hall Meeting on Democratic Party Policies hosted by The Nation magazine prominent liberal politicians and intellectuals discussed the Democratic party platform. They disagreed with…

As part of the Festival of Books, a panel of authors discussed the past, present and future of civil rights in the U.S. The festival was sponsored by the Los Angeles Times and is an annual e…

This forum on LEADERSHIP IN SOCIETY, sponsored by PENN. NAT’L. COMMISSION ON SOCIETY, CULTURE & COMMUNITY featured Bill Bradley(D-NJ) Former US Senator He spoke about government’s …