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Unexampled Courage: Sergeant Isaac Woodard and the Unknown Road to Brown v. Board of Education Monday, October 17, 2022 – 3-5pm In-person at the BAEC Sunroom Auditorium. Registration space is limited. Program may be expanded to include a virtual option to accommodate demand. 1.5 CLE credits: Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias (appropriate for experienced attorneys) In 1951, United States District Judge, J. Waites Waring, sitting on a 3-judge panel in the Charleston Division of the South Carolina District Court, issued a powerful dissent in Briggs v. Elliott , where, then NAACP lead counsel, Thurgood Marshall, directly challenged the constitutionality of the” separate but equal” doctrine enunciated in Plessy v. Ferguson . In so do, Judge Waring ensured a direct appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Although Briggs was the first such case to arrive in our highest tribunal the Court, for reasons known only to it, chose Brown v. Board of Ed. as the lead case. In his book, Unexampled Courage , United States District Judge, Richard Gergel, traces the paths walked by both Judge Waring and Thurgood Marshall that led both to this direct Constitutional challenge. Judge Gergel’s presentation will outline that state of race relations in the South beginning with the end of World War II, the blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard by a southern police officer, and effect it had on President Harry S Truman and ultimately, how the trial of the officer who blinded Sgt. Woodard became a turning point in the outlook of Judge Waring, the descendant of a Confederate soldier, resulting in his transformation from a member of Charleston society to being the most reviled man in the white South, and an ally of the civil rights movement in the 1950; a fact not lost on Marshall as he brought matters before the Judge. Judge Gergel’s presentation will outline that state of race relations in the South beginning with the end of World War II, the blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard by a southern police officer, and effect it had on President Harry S Truman and ultimately, how the trial of the officer who blinded Sgt. Woodard became a turning point in the outlook of Judge Waring, the descendant of a Confederate soldier, resulting in his transformation from a member of Charleston society to being the most reviled man in the white South, and an ally of the civil rights movement in the 1950; a fact not lost on Marshall as he brought matters before the Judge. Following the presentation, members of the Federal Judiciary will join Judge Gergel in a panel discussion and receive questions from those in attendance. Welcome and Introductions: Michael F. Perley, Esq., ABOTA Buffalo Chapter, National Board Representative Larry E. Other Waters, Esq., President, Minority Bar Association of WNY Speaker: Hon. Richard Gergel, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina Following the presentation, members of the Federal Judiciary will join Judge Gergel in a panel discussion and receive questions from those in attendance. CLICK TO REGISTER UNEXAMPLED COURAGE Sergeant Isaac Woodard and the Unknown Road to Brown v. Board of Education Monday, October 17, 2022 – 3-5pm In-person at the BAEC Sunroom Auditorium. Space is limited. 1.5 CLE credits: Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias In 1951, United States District Judge, J. Waites Waring, sitting on a 3-judge panel in the Charleston Division of the South Carolina District Court, issued a powerful dissent in Briggs v. Elliott, where, then NAACP lead counsel, Thurgood Marshall, directly challenged the constitutionality of the” separate but equal” doctrine enunciated in Plessy v. Ferguson. In so do, Judge Waring ensured a direct appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Although Briggs was the first such case to arrive in our highest tribunal the Court, for reasons known only to it, chose Brown v. Board of Ed. as the lead case. In his book, Unexampled Courage, United States District Judge, Richard Gergel, traces the paths walked by both Judge Waring and Thurgood Marshall that led both to this direct Constitutional challenge.
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