June 9, 2009

In commemoration of the 55th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of  
Education -- the Supreme Court decision that held state mandated  
school segregation unconstitutional -- the city of Williamsburg will  
broadcast on Channel 48 "Remembering Brown v. Board of Education," a  
panel discussion that was held at the William & Mary Law School.  The  
first broadcasts will be Saturday, June 13 at 10am and 7 pm, the  
anniversary of Thurgood Marshall's appointment to the Supreme Court in  
1967.

Four professors - Linda Malone, Larry Palmer, Davison Douglas (Dean of  
the Law School), and Paul Marcus - joined Mildred Wigfall Robinson,  
the Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor at the University of  
Virginia School of Law, to share their reflections on school  
desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s. They were all contributors to a  
new book, coedited by Robinson: "Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation  
Remembers Brown v. Board of Education" (Vanderbilt Press).

The editors surveyed 4,750 law professors across the country born  
between 1936 and 1954, and from the one thousand responses, derived  
forty essays from those willing to write personal accounts of their  
childhood experiences in the classroom and in their communities.

The title of the book comes from a comment President Eisenhower made  
to Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1954 about desegregation, that "law  
and force cannot change a man's heart."

The panel was sponsored by the Dean's Office, the Black Law Students  
Association, the Institute of Bill of Rights Law, and the Human  
Security Law Program.

This is the sixth in a series of broadcasts as a result of a  
partnership announced in February 2009 between the City and the  
College of William & Mary to broadcast lectures, seminars, and  
performances on Channel 48. Previous programs have included a Mason  
School of Business forum on the financial crisis; the Global Forum at  
the Reves Center; Senator Webb at Charter Day as well as the entire  
Charter Day program; Darwin Across the Disciplines; and a master class  
with Whitetop Mountain Band.

The forum will air in the city of Williamsburg on Ch. 48 throughout  
the month of June.  All broadcasts also stream live on the city's  
website, www.williamsburgva.gov. The channel's complete schedule is  
available on the city's website. (http://apps.williamsburgva.gov/ch48/ch48.html 
)

Residents of James City County should consult www.jccegov.com/jcctv48  
for the county's broadcast schedule.

For more information, contact Kate Hoving, Communications Specialist,  
(757) 220-6197 or [log in to unmask]
Alyson Taylor-White
Virginia Review Editor


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