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The 2015 Paul Robeson Conference “From Protest to Politics” – Then and Now
April 10, 2015 - April 11, 2015
The Columbia Black Law Students Association
& the Columbia Journal of Race and Law in conjunction with
the Center for the Study of Law and Culture
Present
The 2015 Paul Robeson Conference
“From Protest to Politics” – Then and Now
Friday, April 10 & Saturday, April 11
Columbia Law School
Jerome Greene Hall
435 W 116th St
New York, NY 10027
The 21st century has seen a series of powerful protests that have garnered international attention: the Arab Spring, the Occupy Movement, and, of course, Ferguson. In light of these developments, the 2015 Paul Robeson Conference will seek to honor the 50th anniversary of Bayard Rustin’s seminal work, “From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement,” and analyze its ideas about the relationship between grassroots protests and sociopolitical change in light of the current civil rights landscape in several different arenas.
The Conference will begin on Friday, April 10, with an opening roundtable and continue on Saturday, April 11 all day. A light breakfast and refreshments throughout the day will be provided on Saturday.
The Conference will begin on Friday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. with Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law, will intoeduce the Conference themes and moderate a panel discussion among a distinguished group of leaders in the civil rights world about Bayard Rustin’s work and writing.
On Saturday, April 11, at 9 a.m., guests will have the opportunity to hear about the role of protest politics and Rustin’s theory of political change in several key arenas including mass incarceration and immigration, economic justice and labor rights, political process and voting rights, access to housing and education, and intersectional erasure of women and sexual minorities within the mainstream racial justice paradigm.
The Conference will conclude at 5 p.m. following closing remarks by
Olatunde Johnson, Professor of Law.
The Conference is free and open to the public.
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