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Join us for an insightful discussion on the U.S. Supreme Court’s role in perpetuating racial inequality throughout American history. While the Court’s stance briefly shifted during the Civil Rights era (1950-1972), it has largely supported systems of racial injustice, from slavery to Jim Crow, and continues to contribute to structural racism today. This talk will explore the historical impact of racial inequality on African Americans, with a particular focus on the persistence of structural racism since 1970.
Since 2011, William Wiecek has been a visiting Professor of Law at UC Davis, Pacific McGeorge, Arizona State University, and University of Kentucky. He has written or edited twelve books on American constitutional history, including The Dark Past: The US Supreme Court and African Americans, 1800-2015 and Birth of the Modern Constitution, 1941-1953, which is the twelfth volume in the Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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