Join us for the

 
             

 

Annual Clarence Darrow
Commemorative Ceremony

Thursday, March 13, 2008
10:00 a.m
Press release

Wreath-tossing ceremony at the

Clarence Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park
(behind the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry).
Take the first Lake Shore Drive cut-off south of 57th Street ["Science Road"]
and follow the left fork of that road to the bridge south of the Museum.
  

Symposium follows at 10:45 a.m.
in
 The Rosenwald Auditorium of the Museum of Science and Industry

Challenging Racially Motivated Prosecutions:
The Jena 6 Story

Cathryn Crawford,
Northwestern University School of Law

More than 80 years ago Clarence Darrow successfully defended Dr. Ossian Sweet and his family
against murder charges after a white mob threatened their home. The Jena 6 case in Louisiana
raises similar concerns about racially motivated prosecutions.

 

For further information, call:
Herb Kraus 312-578-9114 or Tracy Baim 773-871-7610.
 

 

You might enjoy a Darrow presentation created for a
"Law and Society"class by University of West Florida students
Anna Lewis, Michelle Gothard, and Eric Demara (PowerPoint) (PDF).

Links to previous Darrow Commemorative Ceremony web pages:
(2001)  (2002)  (2003)  (2004)  (2005)  (2006)   (2007)
  
  
Darrow on the web

  
More to come!

    

Rev. 02/19/2008. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .