The Crimes of the Civil Rights Era Conference
April 27 - 28
Northeastern University
John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute
Cabral Center
40 Leon Street
Boston, MA 02120

Join us for a dynamic conference that will bring together civil rights veterans, researchers, legislators and criminal justice professionals to consider emerging issues in the national movement to address the injuries suffered by civil rights activists and their supporters and to imagine new approaches to the legacy of anti-civil rights violence.

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Friday, April 27, 2007

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Prosecuting Civil Rights Crimes: A Roundtable Discussion
Pre-Conference Event (optional)
Harvard Law School, Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom

Moderator: Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School
Participants to include:
G. Douglas Jones, Esq, Whatley Drake & Kallas, Birmingham, AL
Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS
Dr. Andrew Sheldon, Sheldon Associates, Atlanta, GA
William Fleming, Special Agent, Birmingham Field Office, FBI
Michael W. Jackson, Esq., Perry County (Selma, AL)
District Attorney Terry F. Lenzner, Esq., Chairman, Investigative Group International, Inc.
The Honorable Gordon Martin, Massachusetts Trial Court (ret.)
Daniel Williams, Northeastern University School of Law

Saturday, April 28, 2007

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration
Northeastern University
John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute, Cabral Center

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Keynote Address & Remarks

Keynote Address: Rita Schwerner Bender
Remarks: Ben Chaney, David Goodman

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Reexamining Past Cases: Legal and Political Challenges

Moderator: Michael Meltsner, Northeastern University
Douglas Jones, Whatley Drake, LLC, Birmingham
Jerry Mitchell, ClarionLedger
Margaret Russell, Santa Clara University School of Law

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Box Lunch & Remarks

Remarks: Myrlie Evers-Williams

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Working Groups: Future Directions

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Beyond the Courtroom: Alternative Remedies for Past Wrongs

Moderator: Charles J. Ogletree Jr., Harvard Law School
Andrew Sheldon, Southern Truth and Reconciliation
Cleveland Sellers, University of South Carolina
James Campbell, Brown University

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Community Engagement and the Search for Justice

Moderator: Margaret Burnham, Northeastern University
Alvin Sykes, Emmett Till Justice Campaign
Susan Glisson, University of Mississippi Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
Manning Marable, Columbia University

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Reception
Back Bay Hilton, Fenway Room

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