Reclaiming the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hon. Carlton Reeves

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
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Jeanne Theoharis

Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College
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Cheryl Harris

Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, UCLA Law
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Paul Butler

Albert Brick Professor in Law, Georgetown University Law Center
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Richard Kahlenberg

Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
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Marianne Engelman Lado

Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School
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Tefere Gebre

Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
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This timely and important discussion on Reclaiming the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. took place at the ACS 2018 Convention.

Dr. King sought not only to dismantle the Jim Crow laws that perpetuated racial segregation and debasement in the South, but to upend institutionalized racism throughout the country, assemble a “multiracial army of the poor,” and help workers of all colors organize against unjust labor practices. Today, his heirs seek foundational changes to policing and criminal justice. More than a half century after his work began, what does it look like to truly honor Dr. King’s legacy and move closer to the just society envisioned by the Civil Rights Movement?

Featuring:
Hon. Carlton Reeves, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Paul Butler, Albert Brick Professor in Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Tefere Gebre, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
Cheryl Harris, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, UCLA Law
Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Marianne Engelman Lado,
Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Jeanne Theoharis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York