Dr. Raphael Cassimere Jr, UNO HistoryProfessor Emeritus, presents a lecture titled "Why Black History?
February 12, 2008
"The Chief Justices of Louisiana,”
Dr. Raphael Cassimere Jr, UNO HistoryProfessor Emeritus, presents a lecture titled "Why Black History? |
The monthly lecture series exploring Louisiana's historical and cultural legacies is co-sponsored by The University of New Orleans Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies.
Dr. Billings, UNO Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, collectively profiled the chief justices and provided more detailed sketches of those among the twenty-one individuals who left singular marks on the Supreme Court of Louisiana from its creation in 1813 to the present.
Dr. Billings also commented upon the court as an institution and how it has operated.
On February 21, Dr. Raphael Cassimere lectured on the significance of Black history. The UNO Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Professor of history, Dr. Cassimere specializes in U.S. Constitutional and African American history. He is the author of African-Americans in New Orleans Before the Civil War (1996), as well as numerous articles on Civil Rights and legal history. His research interests also include early American and Louisiana history and African American slavery.
Additional lectures in the History Ya-Ya Series are held the third Thursday of each month. Other lectures included the following
On April 17, Sharing the Stage: Interracial Jazz and Civil Rights in New Orleans, 1946-1970, by Dr. Charles Chamberlain.
On May 15, (Mis)remembering General Order No. 28: Benjamin Butler, the Woman Order, and Historical Memory, by Dr. Alecia Long.
"The Chief Justices of Louisiana,”
Dr. Warren Billings
Thursday, March 20
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
UNO Lecture Series at the Cabildo
701 Chartres Street