What NCCU is doing
Published: Sat, Nov. 24, 2007 12:00AM
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closeIn the Nov. 16 article "Nooses spur revival of civil rights fervor," an undergraduate student at N.C. Central University is quoted as saying that after she watched her classmates return from the Jena Six civil rights demonstration two months ago, she didn't see them taking the meaningful steps needed to sustain a movement.
I watched over 40 NCCU School of Law students leave on our bus to Jena in September. When they returned, we had a gathering where we heard their stories and how they could help with Michyl Bell's litigation needs. In October, Professor Irving Joyner arranged for Louis Scott, Michyl Bell's attorney, to speak to 100+ NCCU law students about how they could work on incidents of civil rights violations in North Carolina. Our student leaders organized a meeting for 50+ students interested in starting a civil rights journal at the law school, a direct outgrowth of the trip to Jena.
What are our students doing for our community? Come to NCCU School of Law and find out.
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Lydia Lavelle
Assistant dean of Student Affairs
NCCU School of Law
Chapel Hill
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