Category: Law

  • Daniel Sharfstein awarded Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship by Fletcher Foundation Vanderbilt University Law School 2011-07-06 Daniel J. Sharfstein, associate professor of law, has been awarded an Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship by the Fletcher Foundation.   Professor Sharfstein’s new book, The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White, examines the…

  • Virginia’s Attempt to Adjust the Color Problem The American Journal of Public Health Volume 15, Number 2 (1925) pages 111-115 W. A. Plecker, M.D., Fellow A.P.H.A. State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Richmond, Virginia Read at the joint session of the Public Health Administration and Vital Statistics Sections of the American Public Health Association at the…

  • Interracial Relationships and Loving v. Virginia CityLine Boston WCVB Boston 2011-06-15 Karen Holmes Ward, Director of Public Affairs and Community Services; Host and Executive Producer of CityLine Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Ken Tanabe, President and Founder LovingDay.org Dr. Dawkins discusses the ongoing impact of interracial romantic relationships, multiracial identities and passing in…

  • Living as Others in Japan Japanese Studies Association of Australia 2011 Biennial Conference Internationalising Japan: Sport, Culture and Education University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham Street Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia 2011-07-04 through 2011-07-07 Wednesday, 2011-07-06, 11:00-12:30 AEDT (Local Time) Room 102 This panel will present two historical papers about individuals whose lives were…

  • Book Review Essay – The Legacy of Jim Crow: The Enduring Taboo of Black-White Romance Texas Law Review Volume 84, Number 3 (February 2006) pages 739-766 Kevin R. Johnson, Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies Univesity of California, Davis Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond. By…

  • Why this Supreme Court could be the best hope for gay-marriage advocates The Washington Post 2011-06-24 Justin Driver, Assistant Professor of Law University of Texas, Austin Eight years ago Sunday, the Supreme Court handed down a significant victory for gay equality when it declared anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas. In response, Justice Antonin…

  • Half-Hearted Loving The Faculty Lounge: Conversations about law, culture, and academia 2011-06-13 Kevin Maillard, Associate Professor of Law Syracuse University Yesterday, June 12, marked the annual celebration of Loving Day.  This event commemorated the 1967 Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated the state’s Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriages.  Notably, Virginia’s…

  • Multiracial students and the evolution of affirmative action Harvard Law & Policy Review 2011-06-17 Jay Willis Reduced to its elements, affirmative action is a relatively straightforward concept.  Colleges and universities consider an applicant’s racial and ethnic background to ensure that they enroll sufficient numbers of students from traditionally underrepresented groups. But schools are now grappling…

  • Giving Loving Day Its Due Truthdig 2011-06-11 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably been invited to commemorate or at least think about Loving Day this year. And with good reason. In 1958, newlyweds Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving were indicted on charges of violating Virginia’s ban on…

  • The Mulatto: an unspeakable concept Working Papers on the Web Department of English Studies at Sheffield Hallam University Volume 5 (September 2003) (Racial Disciplines) ISSN: 1478-3703 Julian Murphet, Senior Lecturer of English The University of Sydney The discourse of race has necessarily produced its own supplements; and there has been no more intriguing categorical supplement…