In brown vs. The board of education. In that case the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation of schools. Good evening and welcome to everybody. Im a Vice President of the Supreme Court Historical Society and delighted to see everybody here tonight in our second lecture of the leon silverman series on dissents in the Supreme Court. Were very privileged tonight to have as our host Justice Kagan. She will be introducing our distinguished speaker very shortly. Let me just tell you a few things about Justice Kagan. You may or may not know. Born in new york, raised in new york, educated at princeton, oxford, and Harvard Law School. Then became a clerk to judge abner mikva on the d. C. Circuit followed by a clerkship with justi Justice Thurgood marshall here at the Supreme Court. Then a law practice and in 1991 entering academia teaching at the university of Chicago Law School where she met professor barack obama. Two years later invited back to washington to work for the Senate Judiciary
Justice Joseph Bradley dissented in thecation. And up next on American History tv, we will hear a university of michigan professor explaining how Justice Bradleys dissent in the case influenced Later Supreme Court decisions. Good evening, thank you for being here and being prompt. Im jilten varner from atlanta and i currently serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Im pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprised our silverman lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded not asked, i am commanded to ask you to turn off your electronics, cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonja sis sotomayor. Shes been enormously jen ress giving of her time to the so
Next on American History tv, trail of Tears Association president jack baker talks about the forced relocation of native americans in the early 19th century. Mr. Baker, a member of the jericho nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move Cherokee Nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move to oklahoma. This is brought to you by the Virginia Museum of history and culture, along with preservation virginia. I am pleased to introduce jack baker, where he represents the charity citizens residing outside of the Cherokee Nation. He is a National President of the trail of Tears Association. He is the current president of the Oklahoma Historical society and served on a number of other boards. He has done Extensive Research he has done extensive Cherokee Research for more than 50 years and has authored articles and edited several books on cherokee history. I can say he continued his Research Even yesterday at the library of virginia, so it gives me pleasure to introduce ja
Happy leap day. [laughter] what could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content . Its like a double win for me. I love it. Im thrilled to have you all here to your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the president and ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older by about a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, and this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was in fact chief justice John Marshall. He served from 1831 until his death just a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often
What we think will be a rich and stimulating discussion of the subject that is ever evolving, and sometimes fastmoving. Controversial, emotional, and something that we need to talk about. And from time to time when ive done this panel with friends and colleagues, ive called it on or off their pedestals. The debate over statues, memorials, memory and meaning. And i discussed this topic maybe twice or three times with edna medford and it is evolving even between us as we proceed over a year and a half. And its a pleasure to welcome not only adamant edna medford, but also lives liz varon and Gary Gallagher to join the discussion. Memorials in 22 states and the district of columbia, 110 have been removed in the past few years. And three new ones have been built. So its good to have the opportunity to take a snapshot. At best, it will be a snapshot. And i think we all have to agree that however we feel about art, iconography, memorials, icons, history, american heroes and american villains