Civil Rights | Criminal Justice Reform & Mass Incarceration
The Past and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America
Plenary: Criminal Justice Reform and Mass Incarceration
Moderator: Mario Barnes (University California, Irvine, School of Law)
Panel: Daryl Atkinson (Southern Coalition for Social Justice), Devon W. Carbado (UCLA School of Law), Michael Pinard (University of Maryland School of Law) , Cheryl Harris (UCLA School of Law), Thena Robinson-Mock (Advancement Project)
Duke Law's Center on Law, Race and Politics hosted a conference on November 20-21, 2015, bringing together scholars and experts to discuss civil rights. In 2014, the nation marked the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Freedom Summer. In 2015, we recognized the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Moving into the 21st century, America finds itself at the beginning of a new era defined by its own set of civil rights struggles.
A shifting landscape requires the civil rights movements of the 21st century to shift in line with modern realities. “The Present and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America” presented an opportunity for scholars, teachers, practitioners, and activists to engage with each other as they discuss their unique perspectives on inequalities throughout different facets of modern America.