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Symposium Details
| Date: Saturday, November 14, 2015 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Location: Economic Crime, Justice Studies, and Cybersecurity Building Registration Deadline: November 10, 2015 Note: Program fee includes lunch | Registration: General Public: $25 Students: Free Register now > |
SCHEDULE
| 8:30-9:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:20 | Introductory Remarks: Provost John Johnsen, Professor David Wittner |
| 9:30-10:30 | Christopher Hickman, Tarleton State University, “Even Bad Ideas (Sometimes) Find Judicial Allies: Justice Hugo Black’s Jurisprudential Deviations and the Opponents of the VRA of 1965” |
| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50-11:50 | Meeghan Kane, Benedict College “Working the Act: Grassroots Organizing After VRA in South Carolina” |
| 11:50-12:30 | Morning Wrap-up |
| 12:30-1:20 | Lunch, Library Concourse |
| 1:30-2:20 | Victoria Wolcott, University of Buffalo “Voting with Their Feet: The Struggle Over Segregated Recreation” |
| 2:30-3:20 | Jeffrey H. Bloodworth, Gannon University “Race Matters: The 1982 Voting Rights Act & the Irony of Southern Realignment” |
| 3:30-3:50 | Coffee break |
| 4:00-4:40 | Roundtable: The VRA and Its Legacy Robbie Dancy, NAACP, Oneida County Anthony Van Der Meer, University of Massachusetts-Boston Moderator: Kathryn M. Silva, Utica College |
| 5:00-6:00 | Final Discussions and Wrap Up |
| 6:00-7:30 | Reception |
This symposium is supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
