#OTD May 8, 1945, World War II in Europe ended.
In 1995, the Historical Society sponsored a lecture series on the Court and World War II. #VEDay75
The articles from the series were published in a special issue of the Journal of Supreme Court History. supremecourthistory.org/assets/pub_jou…
Two of the lectures were recorded by C-SPAN.
First up is @marydudziak on the Japanese Internment Cases:
The first Monday in June is when the Society holds its Annual Meeting. The day begins at 2 pm with a lecture in the Courtroom. This year is postponed due to the Covid-19 health crisis.
Justice Sotomayor has written several books for readers of all ages since joining the Court. Copies, in English and Spanish, can be found at the Historical Society’s gift shop. They make excellent gifts for Grads.
Thurgood Marshall argued Brown before the Supreme Court. His career as a civil rights lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund is explored in Making Civil Rights Law by Mark Tushnet.
The Society’s 1998 Lecture Series focused on the Supreme Court and African American Rights. Those lectures appeared in the Journal of Supreme Court History, Volume 24, No. 2. Out of print but available as a PDF.