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 ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html