The library is hosting a clip screening of “The Loving Story,” facilitated by a discussion by Prof. Kevin Maillard of Syracuse University Law School in Namm 119 on Monday, May 5th at 2:30PM. Faculty and students are invited to attend.
httpv://youtu.be/Y1PmGa1lxJQ
The Loving Story:
Mildred and Richard Loving knew it was technically illegal for them to live as a married couple in Virginia because she was of African American and Native American descent and he was white. But they never expected to be woken up in their bedroom and arrested one night in 1958. The documentary brings to life the Lovings’ marriage and the legal battle that followed through little-known filmed interviews and photographs shot for Life magazine.
Biography of Prof. Maillard
Kevin Noble Maillard is Professor of Law at Syracuse University. He is the co-editor of Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World (with Rose Villazor, Cambridge 2012).
Prof. Maillard focuses on family law, civil liberties, and popular culture. He has written about and lectured on sex, race, and family in the United States. At Syracuse, he teaches Family Law, Trusts & Estates, Adoption Law, and Popular Culture.
Professor Maillard received his B.A. in Public Policy from Duke University, his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan. Originally from Oklahoma, he is a member of the Seminole Nation, Mekesukey Band. He splits time between Manhattan and upstate New York.
For more information contact Prof. Junior Tidal – jtidal@citytech.cuny.edu or Prof. Ian Beilin – ibeilin@citytech.cuny.edu
