The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development : September 2007

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The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development is named after Ronald H. Brown, a St. John’s University law school alumnus, who served as the first African-American Secretary of Commerce and the first African-American Chair of the Democratic National Committee. To honor his contributions to equal opportunity in the domestic workplace and expanded opportunities in the global marketplace, St. John’s University established the Ronald H. Brown Center. Its mission is "to engage in legal studies, research and outreach focusing on issues that affect the lives of underrepresented people while simultaneously educating law students to be leaders on issues of racial, economic and social justice."

September 2007 - Posts

“The Audacity of Hope” and the 2008 Elections

Posted Friday, September 28, 2007 5:35 AM by Janai Nelson

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By Janai S. Nelson September 28, 2007 Hope has been a common theme of the handful of Black presidential candidates in America. The New York Times called Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 foray into presidential elections “a venture in the politics of hope.” In [Read More]

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