Re-evaluating Civil Rights in Contemporary America

Thursday, December 1, 4:00pm – 5:30pm

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October 23, 2022

Classmates and friends:

We have organized a Class of 1964 Zoom meeting to discuss evolving attitudes towards civil rights. The background is a pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court where lawyers representing Harvard and the anti-affirmative-action group Students for Fair Admissions will argue on October 31 in a case that could bar the consideration of race in college admissions.

Using that pending Supreme Court case as a marker, we will hear from classmates Jim Duderstadt '64, former president of the University of Michigan, Joe Lieberman '64, former U.S. Senator, and Joe Rich '64, civil rights lawyer.

They will be joined by civil rights lawyer John Brittain and Rutgers University President and former Yale College dean Jonathan Holloway.

Discussion topics will include:

• What would be the impact of a decision overturning affirmative rights on college campuses?  
• What else has happened on college campuses and elsewhere to undercut the belief that the experience of Black Americans requires special treatment under the law, whether for access to education, voting, housing, or employment?

The discussion will be moderated by Howard Gillette '64, author of Class Divide: Yale ’64 and the Conflicted Legacy of the Sixties. Howard will also facilitate Q&A

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Classmates may share the registration link with anyone you know such as relatives or friends who might have an interest. Feel free to forward this invitation and its registration link. Registrants will be sent a reminder with the Zoom link on the morning of the event.

Best wishes,

Joe Wishcamper