TAMU Law celebrates Black history with historical legal headlines

Posted by Texas A&M School of Law on Feb 1, 2019 6:45:01 PM

Texas A&M University School of Law Dee J. Kelly Law Library, with Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Chairperson Sara Vargas, celebrates Black history with a display featuring the front pages of historical newspapers. Print materials, highlighting important milestones in African American legal history, are also displayed.

Some highlights include:

  • Images of the Plessy v. Ferguson Justices
  • The NYT front page on Brown v. Board of Education
  • A duplication of the Norman Rockwell Ruby Bridges “The Problem We All Live With” painting and
  • The NYT front page article on the Civil Rights March on Washington

The historical newspaper covers were found using Texas A&M historical newspaper databases, and the books are from the Dee J. Kelly Law Library collection.  

The display will be available throughout February; and, on Monday, February 4, Sara Vargas will be available to discuss her vision, how the images were chosen and other BLSA motivations for creating the display. 

Topics: Texas A&M University School of Law, Dee J. Kelly Law Library, Dee J. Kelly

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