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Civil Rights

  • Charles Ogeltree stands in front of a brick building

    Breaking the Chain

    July 1, 2001

    Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. '78 and Randall Robinson '70 want to educate Americans about the lasting impact of slavery. A lawsuit will be part of that education.

  • CJI Hosts Two Conferences

    April 27, 2001

    Civil rights activists, law enforcement officials, and legal experts came together at HLS in December for “Race, Police, and the Community,” a three-day conference sponsored…

  • A Generation Apart, A Common Goal

    September 28, 2000

    One of the founding members of the Black Law Students Association sees his daughter become president of the group.

  • School Hosts First Celebration of Black Alumni

    September 28, 2000

    HLS hosts A Celebration of Black Alumni to honor the more than 1,600 black students who have graduated from the School.

  • The Bill of Wrongs

    September 28, 2000

    The word leaps off the page. It is unmistakable, unavoidable. Nigger. In Bryonn Bain’s view, the word still resonates in the heart and soul of…

  • Parenting Choices, Professor Martha A. Field and Valerie A. Sanchez

    April 25, 2000

    In their new book, excerpted below, Martha A. Field and Valerie A. Sanchez present their views of American legal doctrine and social policies that have influenced and still govern procreation and parenting by persons with retardation.

  • A New Kind of Legal Aid Office

    September 25, 1999

    Joel Feldman’s four-attorney private legal aid office in Springfeld, Mass., recently sued a rental agency that was coding its listing sheets to identify landlords who didn’t want to rent to Blacks and Hispanics.

  • At Large in L.A.

    September 25, 1999

    Belinda Smith Walker ’71, executive director of Girls and Gangs (G&G), and partners in law and public activism Stephen English ’75 and Molly Munger ’74 are all Harvard alumni residing in L.A.

  • Series of photos Judge Higginbotham Jr., in his office and Professor Ogletree in his office

    Drum Major for Justice

    June 25, 1999

    Professor Charles Ogletree, Jr. ’78 will complete several major writing projects begun by his late friend and mentor, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., chief judge emeritus of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, who died in December.

  • Writing

    Writing “The Good Black”

    April 26, 1999

    How two HLS roommates became author and subject.

  • Bok and Bowen: affirming affirmative action

    Bok and Bowen: affirming affirmative action

    February 25, 1999

    Lance Liebman '67 offers a former law school dean's take on The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by Derek Bok '54, former Harvard president and HLS dean, and William Bowen, former Princeton president.