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The Shallow End Of The Deep South: Civil Rights Activism In Arkansas, 1865-1970, Sarah Riva

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

On April 7, 1968, Governor Winthrop Rockefeller claimed that “Arkansas today stands at the threshold of leading the nation...for a better America,” The Republican Arkansas Governor spoke on the steps of the state capitol at a memorial for the beloved civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. who had been assassinated three days earlier. Rockefeller’s claim that Arkansas could lead the nation came just two years after the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formally ended its work in the state to improve racial equality. Their efforts had seen widespread acceptance of integrated public facilities, increased voter registration and more meaningful …

Beyond Racial Precedents: Loving V. Virginia As An Appropriate Legal Model And Strategy For Same-Sex Marriage Litigation, Michael J. Csere

Honors Scholar Theses

This thesis explores how LGBT marriage activists and lawyers have employed a racial interpretation of due process and equal protection in recent same-sex marriage litigation. Special attention is paid to the Supreme Court's opinion in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark case that declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional. By exploring the use of racial precedent in same-sex marriage litigation and its treatment in state court cases, this thesis critiques the racial interpretation of due process and equal protection that became the basis for LGBT marriage briefs and litigation, and attempts to answer the question of whether a racial interpretation of due process …

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 …

Program: “A Celebration Of Ethnic America.”, National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee

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Democratic National Convention Luncheon. Chicago. August 28, 1996.

Invitation: Gala Reception. Arab American Tribute To The Democratic National Convention., Arab American Institute

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Gala Reception on Wednesday, August 28, 1996. 11:00pm-1:00am. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Contains The Second City comedy club advertisement inside.

Press Release: Arab American Democrats In The “Mainstream Of The Party.”, Arab American Institute

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Arab American Leadership Council. Dr. James Zogby. August 23, 1996.

Press Release: “Arab Americans Host Tribute To Democratic National Convention.”, Arab American Institute

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Arab American Tribute Reception. Wednesday, August 28, 1996, 10:00 pm to 1:00 am. The Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt regency Hotel, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Contact James Zogby or Claudette Shwiry August 20, 1996.

List: 1996 Arab American Candidates., Arab American Leadership Council

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List of Arab American candidates and the dates of their elections in 1996.