Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Feb 5 / Indianapolis: Black History Month (CLE)

Federal agencies will sponsor a Black History Month Celebration on Friday, Feb. 5, at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse in the William E. Steckler Ceremonial Courtroom (Courtroom 202) located at 46 E. Ohio St., Indianapolis.

Professor Kevin D. Brown, Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington, will be the featured speaker. He has been a faculty member since 1987 and is a respected author, speaker and instructor on issues dealing with race, law and education.

Black History Month Free CLE
Start Date/Time: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:00 PM
End Date/Time: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:00 PM

The Black History Month Celebration will begin at 10 a.m. with a program for eighth and ninth grade students. This interactive experience will feature a lecture by Prof. Brown on the 14th Amendment and the rights of citizens and students, which will be supplemented by an activity that will force the students to evaluate, understand and discuss their rights. The second half of the program will present students with the question, "What would America be like if the Confederacy had won the Civil War?"

The afternoon program will be at 2 p.m. and will be free and open to the public. Prof. Brown will ask, "Why do we need a Black History Month?" This lecture will explore the many contributions, and the centrality of those contributions, that African-Americans have made to the United States and its society. One hour CLE credit pending!

For more information, please contact Deputy Clerk Doria Lynch at 317.229.3729.

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