Promises to Keep? Brown v. Board and Equal Educational Opportunity All sessions will be held at the College of Law Building (504 East Pennsylvania Avenue in Champaign) unless otherwise noted. Maps and directions available at www.law.uiuc.edu/tour/index.asp. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 Noon Segregation Issues Fifty Years After Brown Gary Orfield, Harvard University 4:00p Moot Court Competition Moot Court Judges Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit Honorable Boyce Martin, US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit Julius Chambers, Ferguson Stein, Charlotte, NC 5:30p Joint Moot Court/Conference Reception Dinner 7:30p Welcoming Remarks 8:00p Keynote Address Julius Chambers

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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004
8:00a	Continental Breakfast @ College of Law
8:30a	Opening Remarks Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Susan Fowler, Dean, University of Illinois College of Education Heidi M. Hurd, Dean, University of Illinois College of Law
9:00a	The Promise of Brown Moderator: O. Vernon Burton, University of Illinois Constance Curry, Emory University Joseph De Laine Jr., Brown v. Board Presidential Commission Darlene Clark Hine, Michigan State University
10:15a	The Promise Extended Moderator: Bernice McNair Barnett, University of Illinois Margaret Anderson, University of Delaware Richard Banks, Stanford University Rose Brewer, University of Minnesota - Twin Cites Ann Hubbard, University of North Carolina Laughlin McDonald, ACLU Southern Regional Office
Noon	Lunch
1:30p	Brown Today: Where do we go from here? Moderator: Laurence Parker, University of Illinois Kern Alexander, University of Illinois Norma Cantu, University of Texas at Austin Stafford Hood, Arizona State University Jim Scheurich, University of Texas at Austin
3:00p	Reviving the Promise: Second Generation Litigation Moderator: David Meyer, University of Illinois Lawrence Baca, U.S. Department of Justice Julius Chambers, Ferguson Stein, Charlotte, NC Robert Chang, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Gerald Torres, University of Texas at Austin
4:30p	Adjourn
6:00p	Reception @ Smith Music Hall
7:30p	Introduction of Keynote Speaker @ Smith Music Hall Nancy Cantor, University of Illinois
7:45p	Keynote Address @ Smith Music Hall: The Broken Promise of Brown Julian Bond

SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2004
8:00a	Continental Breakfast @ College of Law
8:30a	Brown and the Academy: Social Science in the Courtroom Moderator: James Anderson, University of Illinois Donna Deyhle, University of Utah Honorable Boyce Martin, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit Geneva Smitherman, Michigan State University William Trent, University of Illinois
10:15a	Plenary Address CANCELLED: Katarina Tomasevski, University of Lund; United Nations
11:00a	Brown's Global Implications Moderator: Daria Roithmayr, University of Illinois Neville Alexander, University of Cape Town Fazal Rizvi, University of Illinois
12:30p	Brown's Next Fifty Years Senator Barack Obama, D-Illinois