Battle of The Books

REGISTRATION FOR BATTLE OF THE BOOKS IS FULL!! The Robert H. Jackson Center is inviting grade school educators to bring your team to our Battle of the Books event on […]

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17th Annual Young Readers Program

The Robert H. Jackson Center is thrilled to welcome Lesa Cline-Ransome as the featured speaker for its 17th Annual Young Readers Program. The Young Readers Program uses literature to engage […]

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14th Annual International Law Roundtable Welcome

This year's recipient is Hans Corell, who served as Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the United Nations from March 1994 to March 2004. He helped establish the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and was the Secretary-General's representative at the 1998 U.N. Conference that adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal […]

Constitution Day Program: Plessy v. Ferguson

FROM VS TO &: A LIVING LEGACY After meeting through a mutual friend Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson began a partnership that eventually blossomed into the Plessy & Ferguson foundation. Together, they visit schools, festivals, and academic or historical institutions, spreading their message that their mutual history can be a tool to create unity and […]

Kristallnacht Commemoration

On November 9, 1938, a mass torching of synagogues, vandalism and pillaging of businesses, murders and arrests were widespread in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. This atrocity is known as Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass).In commemoration of Kristallnacht, Dr. Michael Bryant will present: Malevolent Intentions and the Play of Circumstance: the Pogrom of November 1938 and Hitler's […]

Barnette at 80 & What It Means Today

*Please note: due to the format of the event, we will be unable to broadcast through teleconferencing. We appreciate your understanding.*June 14, 2023 (Flag Day) will mark the 80th anniversary of West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, one of the most famous, significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions in history.In Barnette, the Supreme Court […]