Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig of Boston University School of Law to share the feelings and thinking behind her letter to her students reflecting on recent protests and killings. (Also mentioned, the letter from the Washington State Supreme Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.)

Next, Vanita Gupta of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and former head of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department in the Obama administration discusses America’s overpolicing problem and what’s needed for real change.

Dr. Leonard N. Moore, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement and the George W. Littlefield Professor in American History, discusses with UT Austin faculty and staff how to navigate our campus conversations around Social Justice and the Black Community.

When Herman Sweatt applied to the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 1946, he was denied admission due to his race. Sweatt filed a lawsuit that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices ruled unanimously in his favor, and Sweatt, along with five other African American students, registered for the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. While Mr. Sweatt did not graduate due to health issues, the earliest African American graduates of the University of Texas School of Law went on to become respected attorneys, judges, and leaders in the community. These graduates made the University of Texas School of Law alumni network more robust and made a great law school even greater.