May be a real victory for short people. Marys book, in the kirby lobby, thank you for sharing. Thanks very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] next, Melvin Urofsky from the bill of rights book festival, talks about the role of dissent and the Supreme Court. He has an extraordinary array of publications in addition to his definitive biography of brandeis, a life. He has written books on american zionism and his latest book which we are here to discuss is so wonderful and so timely, so provocative that i couldnt put it down. Is dissent and the Supreme Court, its role in the courts history and its role in constitutional dialogue and i cant wait to discuss it with you, please join me in welcoming Melvin Urofsky. [applause] you dont need to, this great book, we had a blast, we couldnt resist starting to talk about it. I have to begin with the obvious question. It was a logical step to go from there because brandeis is one of the great dissenters and according to his opinion in the wh
February 1, 2021
KALAMAZOO, Mich. Professor. World traveler. Journalist. Inventor. This 20th century renaissance woman may not have made it to the moon, but
Dr. Merze Tate s resolve to boldly blaze her own path puts her among Western Michigan University s brightest stars. Fueled by a thirst for knowledge and boundless ambition, she became the first Black student to receive a bachelor s degree from Western State Teachers College which would later become WMU in 1927. But the road to get there was not easy. She took the limits off herself, as an African American and as a woman, says
Sonya Bernard-Hollins, a Western alumna and founder of the Merze Tate Explorers. She lived her entire life with the attitude that, I m not going to let that stop me. There may be some barriers, I may have to fight through them, but I m not going to let that define me.