Conference 1
SEGREGATION AND RESEGREGATION: WISCONSIN'S UNFINISHED EXPERIENCE
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Thursday, April 8, 2004
1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Marquette University Law School
Sensenbrenner Hall
1103 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53201
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The Milwaukee African-American community during the Brown era gathered together its professionals - doctors, lawyers, accountants, and teachers - to meet its needs. The winds of desegregation across the country brought a variety of changes over the course of years. Not until 1976, fully two decades after Brown, did the court issue an order compelling bussing for desegregation of Milwaukee schools.
This program seeks to provide understanding of pre- and post-Brown experiences through the reflections of those who remember and the analysis of legal scholars.
Reflection Questions on Brown:
- What was the community like, before and after Brown?
- What was the impact of news of desegregation because of Brown?
- What changes came with the court's 1976 order?
- What can we know about disadvantaged and minority children and learning?
- Can the law provide help and guidance and, if so, how?
Submit your answers online.
Invited Keynote Speaker:
Professor Mildred W. Robinson
University of Virginia School of Law
Presentation: Brown: Why We Must Remember
Proposed Program
| 12:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 1:00 |
Welcome, Joseph D. Kearney, Dean |
| 1:15 |
The Brown Decision, Professor J. Gordon Hylton |
| 1:45 |
Award winning film, The Road to Brown |
| 2:30 |
Desegregating Milwaukee, Hon. Maxine A. White |
| 3:00 |
Reflections on the Era By Those Who Remember
Frank Zeidler, Mayor 1948-1960
Dr. Howard Fuller, Institute for the Transformation of Learning
Attorney Irvin B. Charne, Desegregation Lawsuit Counsel |
| 4:15 |
Reception at Weasler Auditorium |
| 5:00 |
Brown: Why We Must Remember, Professor Mildred W. Robinson |
| 6:15 |
Adjourn |
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