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Remembering Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023)

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Five years later, he became the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, a post that he held until Alzheimer’s forced him into retirement in 2020. Charles was a tireless advocate for civil rights, equality, human dignity, and social justice. Guy-Uriel E. Manning, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

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Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance – Fall 2022 Updates

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In the fall of 2020, Goucher College became a founding member of the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA), a partnership of 72 colleges nationwide. Background. The NACCC is an assessment of campus racial climates.

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Morgan State Acquires the Papers of Late Congressman Cummings

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Richardson Library. House Democratic leadership honored Cummings in February 2020 by renaming the Oversight and Reform Committee hearing room in the Rayburn House Office Building the Elijah E. The collection of papers and artwork from the estate of the late civil rights leader, Elijah Cummings, will be housed in the Beulah M.

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

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The opposition to Scott’s course is only a small part of the backlash to the racial reckoning of 2020 that was sparked by the murder of George Floyd. as well as the opportunity to empathize, according to Dr. Alex Vitale, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College.

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2022: Year in Review

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Capitol, higher education professionals were still working to silence “The Big Lie” that the 2020 Presidential election had been manipulated in favor of Biden’s victory. Williams, a Hampton graduate, served as an executive for a global technology company following his retirement from the Army in 2020. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.

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