April 15, 2013 | Volume XIX, Issue 28
Published: Mar 25th, 2013
A man with a gun. A dead teen. A hoodie. These images have been burned into the minds of Americans as symbols interracial crime, the use of deadly force and diversity in media coverage and crime reporting. A little more than a year ago, the tragic shooting of a 17-year-old black teen walking [...]
Published: Mar 26th, 2012
By Francie Weinberg Student writer Though many Americans view the Constitution as a beacon of freedom, Southerners in the antebellum period used it to justify their actions as slaveholders. “Our [...]
Published: Mar 19th, 2012
By the time of Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860 to the U.S. presidency and the South’s subsequent secession from the United States, the southern states had already been exposed to [...]
Published: Feb 20th, 2012
When Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States in 2008, the question of whether America had finally moved into a post-racial society became a widely [...]
Published: Jan 9th, 2012
The UF Journal of Law and Public Policy (JLPP) and the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations (CSRRR) will host a panel discussion Wednesday, Feb. 8, from noon – [...]
Published: Sep 19th, 2011
The CSRRR will host an open house Thursday from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in the CSRRR conference room, HOL 370D. All are welcome. Learn more about the center at http://www.law.ufl.edu/centers/csrrr/.
Published: Sep 6th, 2011
The CSRRR will host an open house Thursday, Sept. 22, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in the CSRRR conference room, HOL 370D. All are welcome. Learn more about the center [...]
Published: Aug 30th, 2010
Inn of Court accepting applications The James C. Adkins, Jr. American Inn of Court, which meets in Gainesville, is accepting student applications for participation in the esteemed American Inns of [...]
Published: Apr 12th, 2010
Four UF Law professors opined on the death penalty Wednesday in a panel sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations. Opinions varied, with Professor George [...]
Published: Apr 5th, 2010
“I am a product of affirmative action,” Robert Chang stated as he spoke to the Levin College of Law on April 1, as the featured speaker for the Center for [...]
