THE IMPACT OF BROWN VS BOARD, TODAY
Rewards and Risks
Dirt Don’t Burn Discussion Series
13 April 2024 2pm to 5pm.
Historic Douglass High School,
407 E. Market Street, Leesburg, Va. 20176
Attendance is open to the public, but please RSVP to edwinwashingtonprojects@gmail.com.
Parking is also free. Enter through the historic front door.
A Functioning Democracy Depends On An Educated Citizenry.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. WE INVITE YOU TO LEARN FROM THE PANEL BELOW. This EVENT IS RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS AND ALL CITIZENS.
Learn about the role of Brown vs Board of Education and the role of the judiciary in protecting or restricting rights, and your duty as a citizen to learn and speak up.
Panel Members:
Chair: Lisa O’Donnell, Past President, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, also former attorney for Allen Iverson and Michael Vick.
- Larry Roeder and Barry Harrelson, co-authors of Dirt Don’t Burn,
- Christopher Brown, Civil Rights Attorney, Alexandria,
- Danielle Wingfield, JD, PhD, Assist Professor of Law, Univ. of Richmond School of Law,
- Pastor Michelle Thomas, President, Loudoun Chapter of the NAACP,
- Charles Avery, President, Loudoun Douglass Alumni Association,
- Nathan Bailey, Edwin Washington Project volunteer researcher on LCPS school transportation from segregation through desegregation.
Background
The first Dirt Don’t Burn discussion was held in 2018 at the historic Douglass HS Building on how the Edwin Washington Project was studying the impact of segregation in Loudoun County. The second event, held in December 2023, also at Douglass, announced the publication by Georgetown University Press of Dirt Don’t Burn. The book summarizes ten years of research on how segregated education impacted the Black community of Loudoun County and their struggle for equality within the context of events in Virginia, the rest of the nation, and the globe.
Co-sponsored by the Edwin Washington Society and
the Loudoun Douglasss Alumni Association.