Chavis Symposium

The Agenda

Thursday, March 20th

10 - Noon       Registration
                       University Center Lobby

10:30 AM       Student Panel,
                       Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library
                       Moderated by Damien DeLaney, 03L

Panelist and Titles:

                      Ms. Tiffany Jenkins, 05 and Ms. Olalani Oyegbola, 05
                      Segregated Higher Education in the U.S. Today, Historically Black
                      Colleges and Universities Past, Present, and Future

                      Ms. Kisha Barnes, 04 and Ms. Sobechi Nzelibe, 03
                      School Segregation in the U.S. Before and After Brown v Board:
                      Just the Facts

                      Mr. Brooks Batcheller, 04
                      Miscegenation in the Civil Rights Movement

                      Mr. Andrew Borda, 03
                      Milliken v. Bradley and White Flight in Detroit

                      Ms. Meredith Donegan, 05
                      School Integration in Norfolk: One city's struggles

12 Noon        Luncheon, All Registered Participants
                      University Center 114

1:30 PM Plenary Session, All Participants
Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

                     Documentary film entitled, “The Intolerable Burden”
                     Followed by Lecture and Discussion with Ms. Constance Curry
                     Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

4:00 PM Student Discussion Sessions, 4 pm-5 pm

James Patterson, Ph.D., Newcomb Hall, Room 10B
Kara Miles-Turner, Ph.D., University Center 109
William A. Darity, Jr, Ph. D. Reid Hall, Room 211
Ms. Constance Currie, JD, Payne Hall, Classroom 3

5:30 PM          Dinner (on your own)

7:30 PM      Lecture:

Some Legacies of Brown Exploring the impact of the decision on the civil rights movement and on racial integration in schools, 1954 present.

Professor James T. Patterson
John Chavis Memorial Symposium Keynote address
Lee Chapel

RECEPTION TO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW LECTURE
Alumni House, Washington and Lee University

Friday, March 21st

8 - 9 AM        Registration
                       Moot Court Room Lobby

8:00 AM           Continental Breakfast
                         Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

9:00 AM       Lecture: Brown and the Discourse of Cultural Pluralism

Mr. Kevin Crotty
Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

10:00 AM Lecture:
Brown v. Board of Education: Law or Politics?

Mr. Michael Klarman
Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

11:15 AM Lecture:
The Forgotten Ones: Prince Edward County and Brown v. Board

Dr. Kara Miles Turner
Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

12:30 PM           Lunch
                          Faculty Lounge (4th Floor), Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

1:30 PM      Lecture:
                     Acting White, Acting Black or Not Acting at All" Confronting the Ogbu
                     hypothesis about black academic underachievement

Dr. William A. Darity, Jr
Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

3:00 PM Scholars Panel and Wrap-up
Moot Court Room, Lewis Hall, W&L Law School

4:15 PM Optional Break Away Discussion Groups
Locations TBD