Event Date:
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 – 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Event Type7:
Academic Freedom Forum
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
PURGING CUNY FACULTY:
THE LESSONS OF THE FORTIES
AND FIFTIES FOR TODAY
Book Talk by Marjorie Heins, Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge.
Commentary by Frank Deale: The implications for CUNY today.
MARJORIE HEINS is a civil liberties lawyer, author and teacher and founding director, Free Expression Policy Project.
FRANK DEALE is Professor of Law at the CUNY Law School and formerly Legal Director, Center for Constitutional Rights.
Reception (wine & light refreshments) at 5:30 pm. Presentation at 6 pm, followed by commentary and a question and answer session.
PSC Union Hall, 16th floor, 61 Broadway, NY, NY 10006
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