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Civil Rights Leaders Declare The Freedom To Learn at Rally in Washington D.C.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Organizers with the Freedom to Learn (F2L) network and the Right to Learn (R2L) coalition are planning a rally May 3 in Washington, D.C. The annual Freedom to Learn DC Rally convenes at the Library of Congress, and participants will march to the U. Participants will meet at 10:15 a.m.

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LEAD Fund Mourns Passing of DEI Leader

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Chun said that Metzler’s knowledgeable advocacy and inspiring perspectives at LEAD Fund provided essential guidance in the organization’s work to provide thought leadership in promoting inclusivity through research and education on issues related to diversity, social responsibility, and human and civil rights.

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N.C. A&T Celebrates 64th Anniversary of A&T Four’s Historic Sit-In

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The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University community will gather at the North Carolina A&T Alumni-Foundation Event Center to celebrate the legacy of four A&T freshmen who were keystones in the civil rights movement in 1960 during their sit-in at the downtown Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter.

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AFT Calls on Colleges to Respect Freedom of Speech and Fight Hate on Campus

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AFT pledged to fight this hate, protect free speech rights, and defend AFT members facing punishment due to engaging in protected speech or lawful protests on campus. This wave of violence and hate is unacceptable, as are growing restrictions on everyone’s right to be heard.

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Johanna Bond Appointed Dean of Rutgers Law School

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Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An

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A Dynamic Thinker

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Allen spent about a year in corporate law before returning to higher education because, in her “heart and soul,” she was an academic. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Penn Carey Law School, has had a storied career in the fields of law, bioethics, data protection, and privacy.

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Anti-Apartheid Advocate and Human Rights Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81

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Renowned human rights activist and civil rights lawyer Randall Robinson died Mar. Left to right) Sen. from Harvard Law School – also spent time teaching as a professor of human rights law at Penn State University. 24 at age 81. Robinson died of aspiration pneumonia, NPR reported.