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Healing the Wounds of Slavery: Can Legal Remedies Work?
March 14, 2003
Keith Hylton professor, Boston University Law
Charles J. Ogletree Jr. professor, Harvard Law School

Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. and Boston University Law Professor Keith Hylton give a two-part keynote address from a Boston College symposium, "Healing the Wounds of Slavery: Can Present Legal Remedies Cure Past Wrongs?"

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Activism | African American | Human Rights | Law & Criminal Justice | Legal System | North American | Race | Slavery
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