Subject: TONIGHT: The Long, Lingering Shadow: A Book Talk by Robert Cottrol
From: "Yale Club of Washington, D.C." <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:03:06 -0500 (EST)

TONIGHT

=strong>The Long, Lingering Shadow: Slavery, Race, and Law in the Ameri=an Hemisphere: A Book Talk by Robert J. Co=trol '71, '78 PhD

=strong>Monday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m.

City Club of Washington555 Thirteenth Street, NWWashington, Distric= of Columbia

Students of American history know of the law’s critical r=le in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that =his history is best appreciated in a comparative perspective, =em style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 13px;">The L=ng, Lingering Shadow looks at the parallel legal histories of race =elations in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America. Robert J. Cottrol takes =he reader on a journey from the origins of New World slavery in colonial L=tin America to current debates and litigation over affirmative action in B=azil and the United States, as well as contemporary struggles against raci=l discrimination and Afro-Latin invisibility in the Spanish-speaking natio=s of the hemisphere.

$20 - Yale Club members$25 - All others=/address>

=he evening will include a reception.

=his event is co-sponsored by the City Club of Washington.

Registration will be available at t=e door -- cash or check only.

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