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Webinar – A Juneteenth Commemoration. The Past is Not Past: Recognizing, Remembering, and Redressing Domestic Terrorism in the United States
Please join Professor Paula C. Johnson, Director, Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) for the Syracuse University College of Law, for an interesting and informative discussion commemorating Juneteenth. In this presentation, Professor Johnson will provide historical background from the pre- and post-Civil War eras and contemporary resonances stemming from the origin of Juneteenth and its present-day meanings. Additionally, she will provide examples of racially motivated massacres of Black communities across eras from Rosewood, FL, Tulsa, OK, Wilmington, NC, Charleston, SC, and Buffalo, NY, in an interdisciplinary focus that includes historical, legal, racial, and intersectional analysis. While commending the resilience of affected Black communities, she will also examine the imperatives for effective legal, educational, and societal responses to redress and prevent the persistent plague of racial violence in the United States.
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Presenter
Professor Paula C. Johnson, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
Paula C. Johnson is a professor of law at Syracuse University College of Law. She directs the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at Syracuse University College of Law, which investigates racially-motivated murders committed during the civil rights era and in contemporary times. She is a commissioner on the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission. This commission advises and educates decision makers in the New York Court System on issues surrounding litigants and employees of color, implementing recommendations in addressing these issues to ensure equitable justice in New York State. She also is a member of the board of trustees of the Historical Society of the New York Courts. She earned her B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park; J.D. from Temple University School of Law; and her LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Johnson has held several distinguished teaching posts, including the Haywood Burns Chair in Civil Rights at CUNY Law School (2005-2006), the Sparks Chair at the University of Alabama School of Law (2008), and the Syracuse University College of Law Bond, Schoeneck and King Distinguished Professorship (2004-2006). She also has taught at law schools at the University of Arizona, University of Baltimore, and Northern Illinois University.
Moderator
Michael B. Victorian, Associate, Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Michael Victorian practices in the areas of labor and employment and commercial litigation. His employment litigation practice involves representation of employers in all aspects of litigation and administrative proceedings involving claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, family and medical leave, fair labor standards and wage and hour disputes. Michael’s commercial litigation practice involves representing clients in education and health care.
He represents clients in federal and state litigation, as well as in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has defended lawsuits involving wages, retaliation, workplace harassment and discrimination claims based on age, gender, disability and race. His client representation spans multiple industries, including package and freight delivery, fueling, construction, education, health care and restaurant franchising.
Presented by the Professional Development Committee and Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
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