San Francisco Reception for EJS Board Chair, Professor Charles Ogletree

On June 17, friends of the Equal Justice Society joined staff and Board members at the EJS office for a book-signing and reception in honor of Prof. Charles Ogletree, the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Chair of the EJS Board of Directors.

Prof. Ogletree's new book, With All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education, received a warm and enthusiastic response among the nearly one hundred guests at the reception, which also served as an opening for EJS' new offices in San Francisco's Financial District.

The reception, preceded by an Executive Committee meeting of the EJS Board of Directors, included remarks and a brief reading by Prof. Ogletree. In commenting on the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Professor Ogletree shared, "This book is ultimately a testament to hope. I don't think we have the liberty of failing to take on the challenges to move the successes forward of Thurgood Marshall and so many who did so much with so little at a time of repressive resistance to integration and equality."

Coverage of Prof. Ogletree's tour through the San Francisco Bay Area included an extensive article in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The reception drew a wide cross-section of public interest and civil rights advocates from across the San Francisco Bay Area, including students, journalists and lawyers from both the private and public sectors.

For more information about Professor Ogletree and for a link to purchase his new book, With All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education, please visit his page on the EJS website.

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Contents

Welcome to the launch of our first EJS e-newsletter!

Racial Justice and Affirmative Action: The Year in Review

SF Reception for EJS Board Chair, Professor Charles Ogletree

Notes on the Right

Preserving Diversity in Higher Education: A Manual on Admissions Policies and Procedures After the University of Michigan Decisions

EJS Law Review Summary:
Dismantling the Intent Doctrine: Five Key Law Review Articles

The Justice Journal - EJS Calendar of Events

EJS Staff News

Making Change - Become a Part of the Equal Justice Society