Promises to Keep?
Brown v. Board and Equal Educational OpportunityAll sessions will be held at the College of Law Building (504 East Pennsylvania Avenue in Champaign) unless otherwise noted. Maps and directions available at www.law.uiuc.edu/tour/index.asp.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 Noon Segregation Issues Fifty Years After Brown
Gary Orfield, Harvard University4:00p Moot Court Competition Moot Court Judges
Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
Honorable Boyce Martin, US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
Julius Chambers, Ferguson Stein, Charlotte, NC5:30p Joint Moot Court/Conference Reception Dinner 7:30p Welcoming Remarks 8:00p Keynote Address
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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004 8:00a Continental Breakfast @ College of Law 8:30a Opening Remarks
Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Susan Fowler, Dean, University of Illinois College of Education
Heidi M. Hurd, Dean, University of Illinois College of Law9:00a The Promise of Brown
Moderator: O. Vernon Burton, University of Illinois
Constance Curry, Emory University
Joseph De Laine Jr., Brown v. Board Presidential Commission
Darlene Clark Hine, Michigan State University10:15a The Promise Extended
Moderator: Bernice McNair Barnett, University of Illinois
Margaret Anderson, University of Delaware
Richard Banks, Stanford University
Rose Brewer, University of Minnesota - Twin Cites
Ann Hubbard, University of North Carolina
Laughlin McDonald, ACLU Southern Regional OfficeNoon Lunch 1:30p Brown Today: Where do we go from here?
Moderator: Laurence Parker, University of Illinois
Kern Alexander, University of Illinois
Norma Cantu, University of Texas at Austin
Stafford Hood, Arizona State University
Jim Scheurich, University of Texas at Austin3:00p Reviving the Promise: Second Generation Litigation
Moderator: David Meyer, University of Illinois
Lawrence Baca, U.S. Department of Justice
Julius Chambers, Ferguson Stein, Charlotte, NC
Robert Chang, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Gerald Torres, University of Texas at Austin4:30p Adjourn 6:00p Reception @ Smith Music Hall 7:30p Introduction of Keynote Speaker @ Smith Music Hall
Nancy Cantor, University of Illinois7:45p Keynote Address @ Smith Music Hall: The Broken Promise of Brown
Julian Bond
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2004 8:00a Continental Breakfast @ College of Law 8:30a Brown and the Academy: Social Science in the Courtroom
Moderator: James Anderson, University of Illinois
Donna Deyhle, University of Utah
Honorable Boyce Martin, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
Geneva Smitherman, Michigan State University
William Trent, University of Illinois10:15a Plenary Address
CANCELLED: Katarina Tomasevski, University of Lund; United Nations11:00a Brown's Global Implications
Moderator: Daria Roithmayr, University of Illinois
Neville Alexander, University of Cape Town
Fazal Rizvi, University of Illinois12:30p Brown's Next Fifty Years
Senator Barack Obama, D-Illinois