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American Commemorative Panels: Twentieth-Century Poets, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Twentieth-Century Poets (Gwendolyn Brooks) Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information about the Twentieth-Century Poets.. First issued April 21, 2012.

American Commemorative Panels: William H. Johnson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational page for William H. Johnson Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps and biographical information for William H. Johnson. First issued April 11, 2012.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: John H. Johnson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for John H. Johnson Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for John H. Johnson. First issued January 31, 2012, 35th in a series.

American Commemorative Panels: Romare Bearden, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Romare Bearden Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Romare Bearden. First issued September 28, 2011.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Barbara Jordan, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Barbara Jordan Commemorative Stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Barbara Jordan. First issued September 16, 2011, 34th in a series.

Ua1b1/5 Martin Luther King Forum, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding the Martin Luther King Forum.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Oscar Micheaux, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Oscar Micheaux Commemorative Stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamp, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Oscar Micheaux. First issued June 22, 2010, 33rd in a series.

American Commemorative Panels: Distinguished Sailors, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational page for Distinguished Sailors (Doris Miller) Commemorative Stamp – American Commemoratives Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information about the Distinguished Sailors (Doris Miller). First issued February 4, 2010.

Farmville, 1963: The Long Hot Summer, Jill Ogline Titus

Civil War Institute Faculty Publications

On July 9, 1963, a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch informed his readers that black protesters had attempted two sit-ins in the college town of Farmville, the hub of rural Prince Edward County. Obviously shocked by these developments, he termed the events at the College Shoppe restaurant and the State Theater "the first reported Negro movement in this Southside Virginia locality, which has gained prominence in recent years as the focal point of a struggle over the closings of Prince Edward County's schools." In this writer's mind, and perhaps many of his readers' as well, social movements were synonymous with …

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Anna Julia Cooper, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Anna Julia Cooper Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Anna Julia Cooper. First issued June 11, 2009, 32nd in a series.

Brown, James, Monica Berger

Publications and Research

Encyclopedia article on James Brown focusing on his impact on African American history and the Civil Rights movement as well as, to a lesser degree, his impact on the history of music.

American Commemorative Panels: Vintage Black Cinema, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational page for Vintage Black Cinema Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps and information regarding the history of Vintage Black Cinema. First issued July 16, 2008.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Charles W. Chesnutt, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Charles W. Chesnutt Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Charles W. Chesnutt. First issued January 31, 2008, 31st in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Ella Fitzgerald, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Ella Fitzgerald Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Ella Fitzgerald. First issued January 10, 2007, 30th in a series.

Writings: Transcript - A Bold New Revolution: Jacksonville Before Consolidation, Edna Louise Saffy, James B. Crooks, David Milam, Jay Mooney, Raymond Neal, Louis H. Ritter, Carolyn L. Williams, Alton Yates

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Speeches: A transcription of A Bold New Revolution: Jacksonville Before Consolidation - A Panel Discussion Commemorating 38 Years of Consolidated Government October 21, 2006.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Hattie Mcdaniel, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Hattie McDaniel Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Hattie McDaniel. First issued January 25, 2006, 29th in a series.

American Commemorative Panels: To Form A More Perfect Union, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for To Form a More Perfect Union Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information regarding Freedom Fighters and the fight for equal rights. First issued August 30, 2005.

Distinguished Americans Series: Wilma Rudolph, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Wilma Rudolph Commemorative Stamp – Distinguished Americans Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Wilma Rudolph. First issued July 14, 200

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Paul Robeson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Paul Robeson Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Paul Robeson. First issued January 20, 2004, 27th in a series.

American Commemorative Panels: Zora Neale Hurston, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Zora Neale Hurston Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Zora Neale Hurston. First issued January 24, 2003.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Thurgood Marshall, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Thurgood Marshall Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Thurgood Marshall. First issued January 7, 2003, 26th in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Roy Wilkins, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Roy Wilkins Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Roy Wilkins. First issued January 24, 2001, 24th in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Patricia Roberts Harris, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Patricia Roberts Harris Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Patricia Roberts Harris. First issued January 27, 2000, 23rd in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Malcolm X., United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Malcom X Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Malcom X. First issued January 20, 1999, stamp No. 558 in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Madame C.J. Walker, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Madame C.J. Walker Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Madame C.J. Walker. First issued January 28, 1998, stamp No. 533 in a series.

Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, And Justice, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

THIS PAPER IS THE CO-WINNER OF THE FRED BERGER PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW FOR THE 1999 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED PAPER IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.

The conflict between liberal legal theory and critical legal studies (CLS) is often framed as a matter of whether there is a theory of justice that the law should embody which all rational people could or must accept. In a divided society, the CLS critique of this view is overwhelming: there is no such justice that can command universal assent. But the liberal critique of CLS, that it degenerates into …

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Ernest E. Just, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Ernest E. Just Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Ernest E. Just. First issued February 1, 1996 stamp No. 479 in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Bessie Coleman, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Bessie Coleman Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Bessie Coleman. First issued April 27, 1995, stamp No. 454 in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Dr. Allison Davis, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Dr. Allison Davis Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Dr. Allison Davis. First issued February 1, 1994, stamp No. 433 in a series.

American Commemoratives Stamp Series: Rock 'N' Roll/Rhythm & Blues, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Rock ‘n’ Roll/Rhythm & Blues Commemorative Stamp (Clyde McPhatter) – American Commemoratives Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Clyde McPhatter. First issued June 16, 1993.