9/17 “Ghosts of Jim Crow” Constitution Day Lecture

Today, Tuesday, September 17th, at 5pm, F. Michael Higginbotham will give the Constitution Day lecture at C|M|LAW.  Higginbotham is the Wilson H. Elkins Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he teaches courses on constitutional law and race.  He recently served as a guest on CNN and MSNBC discussing race and the law.  In his lecture today,  Higginbotham will discuss his recent book Ghosts of Jim Crow:  Ending Racism In Post-Racial America, in which he argues that America remains far from the imagined utopia hoped for when Barack Obama was elected as the first African-American president, as well as how America has maintained notions of white superiority and black inferiority and how the United States remains separate and unequal, while offering a practical prescription to improve the race problem.  The one-hour dialogue, co-sponsored by The City Club of Cleveland, includes a 30-minute lecture, 15 minutes of conversation with a moderator, and a 15-minute question and answer session.  This lecture is part of daylong festivities throughout Cleveland State University, honoring the nation’s heritage and celebrating the adoption of the United States Constitution.  The event is free and open to the public, and offers attendees one hour of free CLE.  Preregistration is not required.  For additional information, see the Ghosts of Jim Crow Research Guide.