Brown is Dead? Long Live Brown! A Commemorative Symposium on the Influence of Brown v. Board of Education on Lawyers and the Law

May 17, 2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The Justice Action Center's spring symposium commemorated this historic case and critically examined the legacy of the Court's ruling that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. The morning panel, Is Brown Dead?, addressed whether the promise of that case has been fulfilled. The afternoon panel, Long Live Brown!, discussed the case's progeny in other areas of the law.

The symposium was held on Monday, April 26, 2004 at New York Law School. For more information on the symposium, please contact the center at 212-431-2119, or by e-mail. To download a printable PDF version of the symposium brochure, please click here.

PARTICIPANTS

Morning Keynote: Gary Orfield, Professor of Education and Social Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Panel: Is Brown Dead? The current state of desegregation in America.
Denise C. Morgan, Professor of Law, New York Law School, will moderate.

• Danielle Holley, Associate Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law;
• Miranda K. S. Massie, Associate, Scheff & Washington, P.C.;
• Dennis D. Parker, Civil Rights Bureau Chief, New Yorks State Attorney General's Office;
• Juan F. Perea, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Afternoon Keynote: Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law.

• Penelope Andrews, Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law;
• Rachel Godsil, Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law School;
• Hiroshi Motomura, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law;
• David S. Schoenbrod, Professor of Law, New York Law School.