This Week in the Law Library …

Welcome back from Spring Break!

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching first year students advanced searching, learning about the First Amendment and Education Law, continuing to celebrate Women’s History Month, and previewing oral arguments for the U.S. Supreme Court.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, March 18, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 1
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 245
10:40am – 12:05pm
Advanced Searching

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 5
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 245
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Advanced Searching

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

The First Amendment in Education Law

This week, Noah R. Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, gives the lecture for the Professor Ronna Greff Schneider Constitutional Issues in Education Law Speaker Series. His lecture is titled “Religion in Public Schools: Constitutional Revolution in Action.” To help you learn more about this subject, check out our  display in the Law Library Services Suite 110 as well as the featured resources below.

Featured Study Aids

The Law of Schools, Students and Teachers in a Nutshell

Available through the West Academic study aid subscription, this text captures the key points of the precedents governing student rights and responsibilities relating to attendance, speech, expression, religion, discipline, grades, tests, drugs, search and seizure, the emerging law of social media, i.e., cyberbullying, and the range of procedural due process interests. The book further addresses the range of constitutional rights and protections for teachers as well as employment terms and conditions, including contracts, tenure and potential liabilities.

First Amendment: Examples and Explanations

Available through the Aspen Learning Library subscription, this book covers all of the First Amendment’s major topics – with emphasis on speech and religion. The topics covered include a comprehensive review of the most recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on speech, association, and religion as well as cutting edge issues raised by current events, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

Understanding The First Amendment

Available through the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this text covers the fundamentals of the First Amendment including speech advocating violent or illegal action; content regulation; overbreadth, vagueness, and prior restriants; content neutrality, freedom of association and compelled expression, the government as an employer, educator, and source of funds; media and the First Amendment, the Establishment Clause, and the Free Exercise Clause. The new edition covers all of the recent relevant decisions, including Iancu v. Brunetti; Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck; Matal v. Tam; The American Legion v. American Humanist Assocation; National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra; Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky; Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. V. Colorado Civil Rights Commission; Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman; Packingham v. North Carolina; and Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer.

Featured Guide

Education Law

This guide provides a general overview of education law in the United States. It covers locating articles, treatises, statutory law, administrative regulations, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest.

Featured Treatise

Education Law: First Amendment, Due Process and Discrimination Litigation by Ronna Greff Schneider

Available on Westlaw, this two volume publication analyzes students’ and teachers’ freedom of religion and speech in public schools as well as the restraints on those freedoms. It also discusses school discipline and violence as they relate to due process, and deals with issues of inclusion and equality in regard to: Gender, Race, and Students with disabilities.

Featured Video

Are Public Schools Becoming Constitution-Free Zones?

Justin Driver, author of “The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind” is an award-winning Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale. Driver maintains that since the 1970s, the Supreme Court has regularly abdicated responsibility in protecting students’ rights, risking transforming public schools into Constitution-free zones.

Featured Website

U.S. Dept. of Education, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Freedom of Religion

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

This month is Women’s History Month and the Law Library will be celebrating all month with our display, candy, and blog postings. Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.”

The 2024 Women’s History theme is “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance, “During 2024, we recognize the example of women who are committed to embracing everyone and excluding no one in our common quest for freedom and opportunity. They know that people change with the help of families, teachers and friends, and that young people in particular need to learn the value of hearing from different voices with different points of view as they grow up.”

UC Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

Law Library Women’s History Month Display

2023 Women's History Month Display

Stop by in the next few weeks to view our exhibit, curated by Rhonda Wiseman, spotlighting alumni, women leaders, and monographs from our collection that focus on the history and journey of women’s rights and women’s contributions to the legal community and beyond. Of particular note is the special section of the display honoring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who visited UC Law to dedicate the refurbished Taft Hall and delivered the fourth William Howard Taft Lecture on Constitutional Law.

Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library

This year’s selections highlight the 2024 theme for Women’s History Month – “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.”

UC Clermont Frederick A. Marcotte Library Digital Display for Women’s History Month

Women as Artists, Patrons, and Rulers in Renaissance Europe at DAAP March 7 to April 8, 2024

Co-curated by Christopher Platts, UC DAAP assistant professor of art history, Elizabeth Meyer, head of the DAAP Library and Mike Ruzga, an independent art conservator, the exhibition focuses on Hemessen, the most famous woman artist of the Northern Renaisssance, her signed painting of Christ’s Passion from 1556 and her patron, Mary Hungary, Governor of the Netherlands.

UC Alumni Association Celebrates Women’s History Month

Ever since Winona Lee Hawthorne became the first female to earn a degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1878, women have built an impressive legacy as Bearcat students and alumnae. Today, women constitute the majority of each graduating class, and their achievements continue to elevate the institution, their communities and their chosen fields. For these reasons, the UC Alumni Association proudly marks Women’s History Month — celebrating the excellence of the past and present while eagerly anticipating the greatness that lies ahead.

Grow Together

Monday, Mar. 18, 2024
6:00pm – 7:00pm
60 W Charlton rm 250
This Women’s History Month, join The Zeta Chapter for a empowering program! We’ll plant flowers, decorate pots, and discuss what it means to be a Black woman in America. RSVP required.

Women’s History Month Jeopardy!

Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024
4:30pm
Swift Hall 819

Think you know women’s history? Come prove it! Play women’s history themed jeopardy hosted by the Belong Coordinators and have the chance to win prizes.

Lunch & Lobby: Women’s & Gender Equity Center Careers

Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024
12:00pm – 1:30pm
UC Women’s Center, 571 Steger Student Life

Join for lunch and a conversation with UC’s own Women’s Center staff (Dana Bisignani, Charmaine Moore Kitsinis, and Core Black). Learn more about possible careers in university women’s centers, plus how women’s and gender equity centers have transformed college campuses since the 1960s when many were first founded. You can also celebrate UC Women’s Center’s 45th anniversary! The Lunch & Lobby events are designed to connect students with leaders doing intersectional gender justice work in greater Cincinnati and the state of Ohio in order to grow students’ networks, connect to volunteer opportunities, and highlight possible career paths.

Crafternoon: Paper Doll Edition

Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024
1:00pm – 2:30pm
UC Women’s Center, 571 Steger Student Life

Come flex your crafting skills! Celebrate the woman you are by recreating her into a paper doll or make a paper doll of someone you admire for Women’s History Month! All genders welcome!

5 Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

At the beginning of the month we focused on women in the legal profession. Last week we focused on more general media and archival resources on women’s history. This week we will be looking at databases that will help you learn more about women’s history.

HeinOnline’s Women & Law

Women and the Law (Peggy) is a collection that brings together books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to the role of women in society and the law. It provides a convenient platform for users to research the progression of women’s roles and rights in society over the past 200 years.

GenderWatch

Gender Watch is a full-text collection of journals¸ magazines¸ newsletters¸ regional publications¸ books¸ booklets and pamphlets¸ conference proceedings and governmental n-g-o and special reports devoted to women’s and gender issues. Contains materials dating back to the 1970’s. Incorporated the publication Women “R.”

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000, Scholar’s Edition

Women and Social Movements in the United States is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women’s history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding about U.S. history generally at the same time that it makes the insights of women’s history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools. The collection currently includes 98 document projects and archives with more than 3,850 documents and 150,000 pages of additional full-text documents, and more than 2,100 primary authors. It also includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center. Coverage: 1600-2000.

Women and Social Movements, International

Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, reports of international women’s organizations, and publications and web pages of women’s non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center. Coverage:1840-present

Women’s Studies International

Women’s Studies International covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Nearly 800 essential sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature. Women’s Studies International supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Coverage: 1972 – present

March Oral Arguments at the United States Supreme Court

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From SCOTUS Blog:

Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

Murthy v. Missouri – (1) whether respondents have Article III standing; (2) whether the government’s challenged conduct transformed private social media companies’ content-moderation decisions into state action and violated respondents’ First Amendment rights; and (3) whether the terms and breadth of the preliminary injunction are proper.

Na’l Rifle Assoc. v. Vullo – whether the First Amendment allows a government regulator to threaten regulated entities with adverse regulatory actions if they do business with a controversial speaker, as a consequence of (a) the government’s own hostility to the speaker’s viewpoint or (b) a perceived “general backlash” against the speaker’s advocacy.

Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024

Diaz v. United States – whether in a prosecution for drug trafficking — where an element of the offense is that the defendant knew she was carrying illegal drugs — Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b) permits a governmental expert witness to testify that most couriers know they are carrying drugs and that drug-trafficking organizations do not entrust large quantities of drugs to unknowing transporters.

Truck Ins. Exch. v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. – whether an insurer with financial responsibility for a bankruptcy claim is a “party in interest” that may object to a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Gonzalez v. Trevino – (1) whether the probable-cause exception in Nieves v. Barlett can be satisfied by objective evidence other than specific examples of arrests that never happened; and (2) whether Nieves is limited to individual claims against arresting officers for split-second arrests.

Texas v. New Mexico – whether the court should deny the motion by Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado for entry of a proposed consent decree that would resolve this dispute over the United States’ claim as intervenors that New Mexico violated the Rio Grande Compact without the United States’ consent.

Happy Spring Break!

This week in the Law Library we’re wishing you a restorative and restful spring break, continuing to celebrate Women’s History Month, and watching Ohio Supreme Court oral arguments.

Spring Break Circulation Desk Hours

Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm

Law students, faculty, and staff will continue to have 24/7 to library spaces and resources.

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

This month is Women’s History Month and the Law Library will be celebrating all month with our display, candy, and blog postings. Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.”

The 2024 Women’s History theme is “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance, “During 2024, we recognize the example of women who are committed to embracing everyone and excluding no one in our common quest for freedom and opportunity. They know that people change with the help of families, teachers and friends, and that young people in particular need to learn the value of hearing from different voices with different points of view as they grow up.”

UC Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

Law Library Women’s History Month Display

2023 Women's History Month Display

Stop by in the next few weeks to view our exhibit, curated by Rhonda Wiseman, spotlighting alumni, women leaders, and monographs from our collection that focus on the history and journey of women’s rights and women’s contributions to the legal community and beyond. Of particular note is the special section of the display honoring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who visited UC Law to dedicate the refurbished Taft Hall and delivered the fourth William Howard Taft Lecture on Constitutional Law.

Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library

This year’s selections highlight the 2024 theme for Women’s History Month – “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.”

UC Clermont Frederick A. Marcotte Library Digital Display for Women’s History Month

Women as Artists, Patrons, and Rulers in Renaissance Europe at DAAP March 7 to April 8, 2024

Co-curated by Christopher Platts, UC DAAP assistant professor of art history, Elizabeth Meyer, head of the DAAP Library and Mike Ruzga, an independent art conservator, the exhibition focuses on Hemessen, the most famous woman artist of the Northern Renaisssance, her signed painting of Christ’s Passion from 1556 and her patron, Mary Hungary, Governor of the Netherlands.

UC Alumni Association Celebrates Women’s History Month

Ever since Winona Lee Hawthorne became the first female to earn a degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1878, women have built an impressive legacy as Bearcat students and alumnae. Today, women constitute the majority of each graduating class, and their achievements continue to elevate the institution, their communities and their chosen fields. For these reasons, the UC Alumni Association proudly marks Women’s History Month — celebrating the excellence of the past and present while eagerly anticipating the greatness that lies ahead.

5 Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

At the beginning of the month we focused on women in the legal profession. This week we will focus on more general media and archival resources on women’s history.

Documentaries – Women & Society

Available through the UC Libraries’ Kanopy subscription, view films on women and society.

Films on Demand, Women’s History Month

Available through the UC Libraries’ Films on Demand subscription, view a curated list of films on women and history.

Library of Congress, Women’s History

Videos from the Library of Congress on the subject of women’s history.

National Archives, Select Films on Women’s Rights

Women and the Spirit of ’76

The American Revolution led to a transformation of the social order of the 18th century, and women played a significant role during this dramatic era. Prominent Americans – Betty Friedan, Dr. Rita Hauser, Dr. Margaret Mead, Patricia Linh, Prof. Richard B. Morris, Benetta Washington, Governor Ella Grasso, Dr. Jesse Bernard, and Catherine Filene Shouse relate progress made in the women’s movement today to the leadership provided by their sisters of 1776 – Abigail Adams, Phyllis Wheatley, Mercy Otis Warren, Molly Pitcher, etc.

Decade of Our Destiny: Women — A New Force for Change

This film surveys the history of women’s efforts to gain equal rights and examines the contributions of prominent women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton to the women’s movement. The film also discusses the establishment of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year.

American Women and Social Change – Women at Work

Betty Medsger, free lance photographer-journalist; Sharon Prah, school librarian, Patricia Franzen, foreman at a steel plant; and Joan Wilson, welder at an automobile assembly plant, discuss the effects on children of working mothers, the response of men to the working woman, their reasons for working, and the life of women in non-traditional jobs.

More videos on Women’s History from the National Archives

What to Watch: Women’s History Month 2024, PBS (Feb. 26, 2024)

Celebrate Women’s History Month this year by exploring pivotal points in American history and learning more about women who fought for progress. Watch films on a range of topics.

March Arguments at the Ohio Supreme Court

You can view the live stream of oral arguments on the Court’s website or see them after the arguments take place in the Ohio Channel archives.

Ohio Supreme Court Chamber

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Barga v. Vill. Council of the Vill. of St. Paris – (1) whether Ohio Rev. Code sec. 121.22(G)(1) precludes a village council from holding an executive session to consider the dismissal of a village police chief as authorized by Ohio Rev. Code ch. 737 when the subject of the dismissal requested the public meeting; and (2) what standard of review a trial court must follow in an appeal of a village council decision. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

State v. Mays – whether the requirement in Ohio Rev. Code sec. 2945.75(A)(2) that a “guilty verdict shall state either the degree of the offense of which the offender is found guilty, or that such additional [aggravating] element or elements are present” is satisfied by a verdict form that cites the statutory sections, permitting the defendant to be convicted of the higher-level offense. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Mahoning Cnty. Bar Assoc. v. Macala – whether there should be a sanction harsher than a public reprimand on an attorney who forged the signature of five individuals on two documents submitted to the probate court.

 

This Week in the Law Library …

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching advanced legal research, looking at resources for the Week of Abolition, and celebrating Women’s History Month.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, March 4, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Featured Study Aids

Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure 1 The Constitution and the Police

Available via the Aspen Learning Library subscription, this study aid provides provides an overview of Criminal Procedure, together with examples that illustrate how these principles apply in typical cases. The text gives students a sense of the theoretical flow and logic of law enforcement by following police procedural order. New to the 10th edition: Fourth Amendment limits on cell phone and computer searches; police accountability and the limits of the exclusionary rule; and the recent cutback on Miranda as a constitutional doctrine. A series of problems at the end of each section or chapter assist you in testing your understanding. Answers are provided for these problems.

Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure II From Bail to Jail

Available via the Aspen Learning Library subscription, this study aid provides an overview of Criminal Procedure, together with examples that illustrate how these principles apply in typical cases. The text additionally contains information on non-criminal trial remedies for prosecutorial misconduct; treatment of ABA standards, especially those relating to effective assistance of counsel; emphasis on the continuing struggle with rules of discovery, both as a constitutional matter, and as a matter of court rules, both federal and state; the expansion of the right to counsel, in Rothgery and other cases; and the Court’s willingness to impose on counsel, but not on judges, the duty to provide defendants prior to entry of a guilty plea of important information on collateral matters. A series of problems at the end of each section or chapter assist you in testing your understanding. Answers are provided for these problems.

Principles of Criminal Procedure

Available via the West Academic study aid subscription, this study aid gives you everything you need to know about basic criminal procedure principles. It includes references to recent, relevant decisions handed down by the United States Supreme Court. In addition, Principles of Criminal Procedure contains helpful study devices such as “focal points” at the beginning of each chapter, and “points to remember” at the end of each section.

Understanding Civil Procedure

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this study aid is premised on the assumption that the key to understanding the principles of civil procedure is to know why: why the principles were created and why they are invoked. The treatise is written to answer these questions as it lays out the basic principles of civil procedure. Although they discuss important civil procedure cases in the text, thus supporting the most widely used civil procedure casebooks using these same cases, they also provide useful references to secondary sources and illustrative cases for the reader who wants to explore further.

Featured Guide

Exam Study Guide: Criminal Procedure

Did you know the Law Library can help you prepare for class and law school exams? Consult this guide for our criminal procedure resources.

Featured Treatise

Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure

Available via Westlaw, this multi-volume treatise covers the federal rules of civil, criminal, and appellate procedure as well as the evidence rules, judicial system, personal jurisdiction, and more.

Featured Video

A Deeper Look into our Justice System

This TEDxUCincinnati features Prof. Mark Godsey discussing how innocent citizens end up with convictions and how we can minimize or even eliminate the high number of wrongful convections that happen in the United States each year.

Featured Website

The Sentencing Project

The Sentencing Project advocates for effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults by promoting racial, ethnic, economic, and gender justice.

Week of Abolition

Week of Abolition

For the 2024 Week of Abolition (March 3 – March 9), the National Lawyers Guild Law Schools have decided to organize around the theme “Free Them All: Abolition and Political Prisoners.”

UC College of Law Events

Monday, March 4, 2024

NLG Week of Abolition Tabling, 12:15 – 1:15pm, Atrium

Swing by NLG’s table to learn more about current issues in abolition, decarceration, and general social justice. You will also be able to contribute to several of these causes through email and phone banking and donations. Through your contributions, you will earn ‘tickets’ in a raffle to win one of five copies of Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis! Freedom is a Constant Struggle will also be NLG’s next Book Club book– more details for which will be announced at a later date.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Week of Abolition: Beyond Guilt with OJPC, 12:15 – 1:15pm, Room 140

Ohio Justice and Policy Center attorneys Professor Mark Vander Laan and Elijah Hack will be on campus to discuss OJPC’s Beyond Guilt project. Beyond Guilt aims to do for over-punished prisoners who admit guilt what innocence projects have for wrongfully convicted persons who claim actual innocence. Beyond Guilt is one answer to criminal legal system reform efforts that focus narrowly on a more palatable side of the reform movement—freeing innocent prisoners and people convicted of low-level, non-violent offenses at the expense of individuals convicted of more serious offenses, including violent crimes. Food will be provided

Week of Abolition: Screening of The Farm: Angola, USA, 6:00pm, Room 230

Enjoy some popcorn and other movie theater snacks with NLG for a viewing of The Farm: Angola, USA. The Farm is a groundbreaking documentary from 1998 that tells the story of seven inmates from the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary. This Prison came to be known for its brutal conditions and modern-day slave labor. It sat on the land of a former plantation, and was commonly referred to as Angola in reference to the origin of the many slaves who were forced to labor there.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

NLG Week of Abolition Tabling, 12:15 – 1:15pm, Atrium

Swing by NLG’s table to learn more about current issues in abolition, decarceration, and general social justice. You will also be able to contribute to several of these causes through email and phone banking and donations. Through your contributions, you will earn ‘tickets’ in a raffle to win one of five copies of Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis! Freedom is a Constant Struggle will also be NLG’s next Book Club book– more details for which will be announced at a later date.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Week of Abolition: Discussion with Professor Daniel J. Canon, 12:15 – 1:15pm, Room 140 or via Zoom

Join NLG for a discussion about abolition and the law with NLG Scholar Daniel J. Canon. Canon is a civil rights lawyer, educator, writer, and activist based in the Midwest. His research is focused primarily on the intersection of the labor movement and the criminal legal system, and the role of lawyers in creating social change. He is best known as lead counsel for the Kentucky plaintiffs in the landmark Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. Hodges, which brought marriage equality to all fifty states. Join in person or via Zoom. Food will be provided for in person attendees.

Friday, March 8, 2024

NLG Week of Abolition Tabling, 12:15 – 1:15pm, Atrium

Swing by NLG’s table to learn more about current issues in abolition, decarceration, and general social justice. You will also be able to contribute to several of these causes through email and phone banking and donations. Through your contributions, you will earn ‘tickets’ in a raffle to win one of five copies of Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis! Freedom is a Constant Struggle will also be NLG’s next Book Club book– more details for which will be announced at a later date.

Selected Resources to Learn More About Mass Incarceration

Jeffrey Bellin, Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover (e-Book)

The United States imprisons a higher proportion of its population than any other nation. Mass Incarceration Nation offers a novel, in-the-trenches perspective to explain the factors – historical, political, and institutional – that led to the current system of mass imprisonment. This book examines the causes and impacts of mass incarceration on both the political and criminal justice systems. With accessible language and straightforward statistical analysis, former prosecutor turned law professor Jeffrey Bellin provides a formula for reform to return to the low incarceration rates that characterized the United States prior to the 1970s

Andrew Skotnicki, Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass Incarceration: The Politics of Sanity (e-Book)

Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill? Via multiple re-framings of the question – theological, socioeconomic, and psychological – Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a ‘persecution of the prophetic’ at the heart of the contemporary penal system and society more broadly.

Katherine Beckett, Ending Mass Incarceration: Why It Persists and How to Achieve Meaningful Reform (e-Book)

In this book, Katherine Beckett explains how and why mass incarceration persists despite growing recognition of its many failures, plummeting crime rates, and widespread efforts by state legislators and others to reduce prison populations. Beckett identifies three primary forces sustaining incarceration rates in this country: political dynamics around violence, resistance to criminal legal system reform in suburban and rural counties, and the failure of popular drug policy reforms to reduce the reach of the criminal legal system. Most reform efforts to date have limited themselves in ways that are politically palatable but do little to curb key drivers of mass incarceration. Drawing on extensive research, she argues for political and policy shifts that would significantly reduce the scale of punishment while also addressing the underlying social problems to which those extreme penalties are a misguided response.

Franklin E. Zimring, The Insidious Momentum of American Mass Incarceration (e-Book)

The phenomenal growth of penal confinement in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century is still a public policy mystery. Why did it happen when it happened? What explains the unprecedented magnitude of prison and jail expansion. Why are the current levels of penal confinement so very close to the all-time peak rate reached in 2007? What is the likely course of levels of penal confinement in the next generation of American life? Are there changes in government or policy that can avoid the prospect of mass incarceration as a chronic element of governance in the United States. This study is organized around four major concerns: What happened in the 33 years after 1973? Why did these extraordinary changes happen in that single generation? What is likely to happen to levels of penal confinement in the next three decades? What changes in law or practice might reduce this likely penal future?

Anthony B. Bradley, Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society (e-Book)

Mass incarceration is an overwhelming problem and reforms are often difficult, leading to confusion about what to do and where to start. Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society introduces the key issues that need immediate attention and provides concrete direction about effective solutions systemically and relationally. In this work Anthony B. Bradley recognizes that offenders are persons with inherent dignity. Mass incarceration results from the systemic breakdown of criminal law procedure and broken communities. Using the principle of personalism, attention is drawn to those areas that directly contact the lives of offenders and determine their fate. Bradley explains how reform must be built from the person up, and once these areas are reformed our law enforcement culture will change for the better. Taking an innovative approach, Anthony B. Bradley explores what civic institutions need to do to prevent people from falling into the criminal justice system and recidivism for those released from prison.

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

This month is Women’s History Month and the Law Library will be celebrating all month with our display, candy, and blog postings. Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.”

The 2024 Women’s History theme is “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance, “During 2024, we recognize the example of women who are committed to embracing everyone and excluding no one in our common quest for freedom and opportunity. They know that people change with the help of families, teachers and friends, and that young people in particular need to learn the value of hearing from different voices with different points of view as they grow up.”

UC Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

Law Library Women’s History Month Display

2023 Women's History Month Display

Stop by in the next few weeks to view our exhibit, curated by Rhonda Wiseman, spotlighting alumni, women leaders, and monographs from our collection that focus on the history and journey of women’s rights and women’s contributions to the legal community and beyond. Of particular note is the special section of the display honoring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who visited UC Law to dedicate the refurbished Taft Hall and delivered the fourth William Howard Taft Lecture on Constitutional Law.

Women in Law Donation Drive for Women Helping Women, Library

Women in Law is collecting donations to support Women Helping Women (a local organization working to prevent gender-based violence and support victims). Items to be collected include:

Diapers (sizes 4-6)
Feminine hygiene products
Full size and travel size toiletries (especially body wash and shampoo)

A donation box will be located in the library from March 4 until March 8 (at noon).

Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library

This year’s selections highlight the 2024 theme for Women’s History Month – “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.”

UC Clermont Frederick A. Marcotte Library Digital Display for Women’s History Month

Women as Artists, Patrons, and Rulers in Renaissance Europe at DAAP March 7 to April 8, 2024

Co-curated by Christopher Platts, UC DAAP assistant professor of art history, Elizabeth Meyer, head of the DAAP Library and Mike Ruzga, an independent art conservator, the exhibition focuses on Hemessen, the most famous woman artist of the Northern Renaisssance, her signed painting of Christ’s Passion from 1556 and her patron, Mary Hungary, Governor of the Netherlands.

UC Alumni Association Celebrates Women’s History Month

Ever since Winona Lee Hawthorne became the first female to earn a degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1878, women have built an impressive legacy as Bearcat students and alumnae. Today, women constitute the majority of each graduating class, and their achievements continue to elevate the institution, their communities and their chosen fields. For these reasons, the UC Alumni Association proudly marks Women’s History Month — celebrating the excellence of the past and present while eagerly anticipating the greatness that lies ahead.

UC PPGen – Women’s History Month Trivia

Monday, March 4, 2024
5:30pm-6:30pm
UC Women’s Center (571 Steger) from
Join UC PPGen to play Women’s History Trivia to celebrate WHM and win some Planned Parenthood merchandise.

International Women’s Day Panel

Tuesday, March 5, 2024
12:30pm – 1:30pm
UCBA Auditorium – Muntz 119
In honor of International Women’s Day imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Join the Business & Economics Department’s annual event to celebrate International Women’s Day-a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Come Celebrate with these amazing women from our community and hear how they have set a trend in their industries and the importance of this year’s IWD Theme: #InspireInclusion.

International Women’s Day Celebration: UC Fems x BFC

Tuesday, March 5, 2024
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Women’s Center, 571 Steger
Come celebrate International Women’s Day with the UC Feminists and the Black Feminist Collective! Help create an IWD themed poster to hang in Steger, play games for prizes, and enjoy some free refreshments.

5 Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

ABA, Women Leading the Way (PDF)

Learn more about trailblazing women, especially those in the legal profession, in US history. View short bios and see highlights of women recently honored by the various ABA Goal III Entities, including activists, judges, and other trailblazers.

ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, 21 Day Grit and Growth Mindset Challenge

The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession created the Grit Project “to educate women lawyers about the science behind grit and growth mindset – two important traits that many successful women lawyers have in common.” Grit and growth mindset, in turn, help to build resilience and confidence. When combined with a sense of purpose, authenticity and community, these traits help to keep women in the profession – even while we work to address the larger systemic challenges that threaten to deplete the number of women practicing law. The 21 Day Grit and Growth Mindset Challenge was created to help you develop and enhance your grit and growth mindset by consistently engaging in short, daily challenges: reading thought provoking articles, watching videos, reviewing case studies, and taking concrete, habit-forming actions. Do them on your own, or form a Grit Group to unpack the challenges and learnings together.

ABA, Commission on Women in the Profession, Celebrating Women’s Leadership (Video)

This year, women are leading the majority of national bar associations across the United States. In celebration of Women’s History Month, the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession is proud to host many of these women presidents for a lively discussion. Join ABA President Deborah Enix-Ross and Commission on Women in the Profession Chair Hon. Maureen Mulligan as they lead a robust roundtable discussion about the history of the advancement of women in the legal profession as well as the lessons learned by this esteemed group as they carved their paths to the top of the profession.

ABA, Young Lawyers Division, How Women of Color Can Overcome Challenges to Thrive in the Legal Profession – Part I (Video)

In the legal profession, still largely dominated by male leaders, it isn’t easy for any woman to rise to the top. But women of color face even more significant hurdles and unique challenges. Among the major issues they face: pay disparities (gender and race), unconscious bias, and access to leadership training. In the first installment of the ABA YLD’s How Women of Color Can Overcome Challenges to Thrive in the Legal Profession Series, Wendy Shiba and Melissa Murray open up about what drives them, how they’ve overcome obstacles and their tips for success.

ABA, Commission on Women, Motherhood and Caregiving Bias in the Legal Profession: Dismantling the Systemic Barriers to Equity (Video)

What is the motherhood/caregiving penalty? Why is it still not recognized despite the value in weaving the human condition of caregiving into organizational culture? How do organizations implement procedures and decision-making for institutional change to ensure the success of mothers and caregivers? Join us for a lively discussion about dismantling the systemic barriers to equity and the perpetuation of bias, using an intersectional approach.

2024 Black History Month Resource Recap

All this month we were celebrating Black History Month. Below we recap the Black history resources that we highlighted.

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts”. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment.”

White House Proclamation on National Black History Month

Public Law 99-244 (designating February 1986 as “National Black (Afro-American) History Month”)

Law Library Display

2024 Black History Month Display Robert S. Marx Law Library

2024 Black History Month Display curated by Rhonda Wiseman

Explore some of the College of Law’s notable African American alumni as well as a few of history’s most impactful African American Lawyers and Legislators. Be sure to check out one (or two) of our display books!

Selected Resources about Black History and the Legal Profession

ABA, Black Lawyers in America Toolkit

The Black Lawyers in America Toolkit was created as a follow up to the original Black Lawyers in America Webinar Series, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and hosted by Duane Morris. The toolkit includes facilitation guidelines, discussion questions, and continuing resources to engage in the work of uplifting Black lawyers’ experiences in the workplace and ending practices of implicit bias and anti-Black racism in the legal profession and educational pipeline. It also provides resources and tips for Black lawyers.

ABA-Wide 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

The 21-Day Challenge concept was conceived several years ago by diversity expert Eddie Moore, Jr. to advance deeper understandings of the intersections of race, power, privilege, supremacy and oppression. The goal of the Challenge is to assist each of us to become more aware, compassionate, constructive, engaged people in the quest for racial equity. It transcends our roles as lawyers. Non-lawyers are also welcome to participate.

ABA, Celebrating Black Trailblazers 2023 (PDF)

This year, the ABA is celebrating Black Legal Trailblazers, from the 1800s to the present. The individuals have not only been powerful examples of leadership in the legal profession, but have brought about historic change and progress to make the legal field more inclusive today, and more representative of our population as a whole.

ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, CRSJ Celebrates Black History Month: The Challenges that African Americans Face in the 21st Century

In this compelling series of webinars, we take a close look at the civil rights and social justice issues that African Americans are still facing 53 years after the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. The impressive panels and experts will examine a range of issues from environmental justice to economic equity, COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution to racial disparities and criminal justice.

Joan C. Williams et al., ABA Commission on Women in the Profession & the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, You Can’t Change What You Can’t See Executive Summary (2018)

This report is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive picture of how implicit gender and racial bias—documented in social science for decades—plays out in everyday interactions in legal workplaces and affects basic workplace processes such as hiring and compensation.

Selected Museum, Library of Congress & Media Resources to Learn More About Black History

African American Newspapers: 19th century, Parts 1-5

This collection of African-american Newspapers contains information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s, and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day including the Mexican War, Presidential and congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel, and religion. They also contain large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.
Coverage: 1827 – 1876

African American Newspapers¸ 1827-1998 (Readex)

African American Newspapers¸ 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. Newly digitized¸ these newspapers published by or for African Americans can now be browsed and searched as never before. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center.
Coverage: 1827-1998

AFRO American Newspaper Archives (Google Partnership Project)

The AFRO American Newspapers, in cooperation with Google, provide an extensive collection of digitally archived issues spanning over 100 years of history. The AFRO Archives feature various AFRO editions covering an impressive span of change, division and progress in African American History.

Library of Congress, African American Newspapers Digitized

Access the digitized African American Newspapers that are part of the Chronicling America project from the Library of Congress.

Library of Congress, African American History Online: A Resource Guide

A large number of primary source collection materials related to African American history are digitized and available online via the Library of Congress’s website, including manuscripts, newspaper articles, images, and rare books. In addition, the Library also provides digital content on African American history through their exhibition program, “Today in History” essays, and online research guides.

Library of Congress: The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

The exhibit covers four areas –Colonization, Abolition, Migrations, and the WPA– of the many covered by the Mosaic. These topics were selected not only because they illustrate well the depth, breadth, and richness of the Library’s black history collections, but also because of the significant and interesting interplay among them. For example, the “back-to-Africa” movement represented by the American Colonization Society is vigorously opposed by abolitionists, and the movement of blacks to the North is documented by the writers and artists who participated in federal projects of the 1930s.

National Archives African American Heritage

The Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Black experience. This page highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.

National Museum of African American History & Culture, Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies

Reconstruction—the period following the Civil War—was a revolutionary moment in the nation’s history. For the first time, African Americans were recognized by the U.S. government as equal citizens. But due to white resistance, Reconstruction’s promise of racial equality was not fulfilled. Instead of full citizenship rights, African Americans experienced decades of discrimination, segregation, and terrorism. Learn more about Reconstruction through this online exhibit.

PBS, What to Watch this Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month this year with a closer look at the lives of various Black Americans who have made indelible marks on history with their artistry, professional achievements, and community activism. We’ve compiled a list of films premiering this month, as well as programs available to stream in February.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Selected Databases to Learn More About Black History

HeinOnline’s Civil Rights & Social Justice

A person’s civil rights ensure protection from discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or ethnicity, religion, age, and disability. While often confused, civil liberties, on the other hand, are basic freedoms outlined in the Bill of Rights and Constitution. Examples of civil liberties include the right to free speech, to privacy, to remain silent during police interrogation, and the right to have a fair trial. The lifeblood of civil rights protection in the United States is the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”). Click through the pages in this database to learn how far our nation has come in fulfilling its promise of “all men are created equal” and how much further it still can go.

HeinOnline’s Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law

This HeinOnline collection brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. It includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

Oxford African American Studies Center

A comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features over 7,500 articles from Oxford’s reference works, approximately 100 primary sources with specially written commentaries, over 1,000 images, over 100 maps, over 200 charts and tables¸ timelines to guide researchers through the history of African Americans and over 6¸000 biographies. The core content includes: Africana, which presents an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes; the Encyclopedia of African American history; Black women in America 2nd ed; and the African American national biography.

ProQuest’s Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality

ProQuest’s Black Freedom Struggle in the United States features 2,000 expertly selected primary source documents – historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more – from pivotal eras in African American history. Documents are focused on six different phases of Black Freedom: 1. Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860) — 2. The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877) — 3. Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932) — 4. The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945) — 5. The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975) — 6. The Contemporary Era (1976-2000). The documents presented here represent a selection of primary sources available in several ProQuest databases.

ProQuest Black Studies Center

The Black Studies Center consists of scholarly journals, commissioned overview essays by top scholars in Black Studies, historic indexes, and The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975. At the heart of Black Studies Center is Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, consisting of essays that provide an introduction to major topics in Black Studies. Explore interdisciplinary topics through in-depth essays; read the seminal research and timelines that accompany each topic; and search for images and film clips to provide another dimension to your research.

This Week in the Law Library …

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching advanced legal research, advanced searching techniques, and helping students research this semester’s brief topic. We’re also celebrating Black History Month and previewing US Supreme Court oral arguments.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Feb. 26, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 1
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 245
10:40am – 12:05pm
Help with Brief Research

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 5
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 245
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Help with Brief Research

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 2
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 230
10:40am – 12:05pm
Advanced Searching

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 6
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 230
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Advanced Searching

Featured Study Aids

Civil Rights Stories

Available via the West Academic study aid subscription, this book provides students with a three-dimensional picture of the most important cases that are addressed in civil rights courses. These stories give the students and faculty members a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural background of the cases and an insight into their long-term impact on the development of civil rights law.

CALI Lesson: Race and Equal Protection

Available via CALI, this lesson considers race under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as well as under other constitutional provisions. It begins with an overview of slavery in constitutional law; Part II proceeds to the early cases under the Reconstruction Amendments; Part III concentrates on the development of the strict scrutiny standard; Part IV considers how seemingly neutral classifications may be deemed to be racial classifications; and the Conclusion in Part V contains questions to solidify the Lesson. If law students have not created a CALI account and need the school authorization code, contact a reference librarian.

Understanding​​ Civil Rights Litigation

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this book provides an overview of the doctrine, policy, history, and theory of civil rights and constitutional litigation under Section 1983 and its Bivens federal counterpart. It explores the doctrinal areas that have undergone substantial changes or challenges since the prior edition, including the retraction of Bivens; the extension, criticism, and cross-ideological calls for reform of qualified immunity; the narrowing of abstention; debates over the scope of injunctive relief; and the Supreme Court’s increasing engagement earlier in constitutional cases. It also includes new applications of long-standing doctrines, including controversies over when social-media companies and public officials act under color of state law in controlling who has access to sites and pages.

Featured Database

HeinOnline’s Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law

Available via HeinOnline,

Featured Guide

Critical Race Theory Research Guide

Critical Race Theory “questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.” Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (1997). This guide will help you find resources on CRT.

Featured Treatise

Civil Rights Actions

Available on Lexis, this treatise analyzes every aspect of civil rights — for background, insight, and perspective. It provides coverage as well as case-critical information, from statutes that Congress enacted in the late 1950’s to the latest developments in civil rights legislation. Learn from the authors’ discussion of absolute and qualified immunity, the relationship between state and federal courts, and the procedural framework of civil rights actions, as well as coverage of such specific areas as: The Americans with Disabilities Act; Employment discrimination; Age discrimination; Privacy issues; Property rights; Fair housing; Prisoners’ rights; and Voting rights. It also includes Use the practice forms for your civil rights matter.

Featured Video

What Critical Race Studies Teaches Us About Racism, Resistance & Policing

During this discussion panelists use a critical race analysis to examine racism, resistance, policing, and the current moment.

Featured Website

National Museum of African American History, Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies

Reconstruction—the period following the Civil War—was a revolutionary moment in the nation’s history. For the first time, African Americans were recognized by the U.S. government as equal citizens. But due to white resistance, Reconstruction’s promise of racial equality was not fulfilled. Instead of full citizenship rights, African Americans experienced decades of discrimination, segregation, and terrorism.

February is Black History Month

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts”. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment.”

White House Proclamation on National Black History Month

5 More Resources to Help You Celebrate and Learn During Black History Month

African American Newspapers: 19th century, Parts 1-5

This collection of African-american Newspapers contains information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s, and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day including the Mexican War, Presidential and congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel, and religion. They also contain large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.
Coverage: 1827 – 1876

African American Newspapers¸ 1827-1998 (Readex)

African American Newspapers¸ 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. Newly digitized¸ these newspapers published by or for African Americans can now be browsed and searched as never before. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center.
Coverage: 1827-1998

AFRO American Newspaper Archives (Google Partnership Project)

The AFRO American Newspapers, in cooperation with Google, provide an extensive collection of digitally archived issues spanning over 100 years of history. The AFRO Archives feature various AFRO editions covering an impressive span of change, division and progress in African American History.

Library of Congress, African American Newspapers Digitized

Access the digitized African American Newspapers that are part of the Chronicling America project from the Library of Congress.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

 

University of Cincinnati Events

Law Library Display

2023 Black Hist Month Display

Explore some of the College of Law’s notable African American alumni as well as a few of history’s most impactful African American Lawyers and Legislators. Be sure to check out one (or two) of our display books!

UC Blue Ash Library Black History Month Display

Explore these select titles for Black History Month.

UC Clermont Frederick A. Marcotte Library Black History Month Display

UC Alumni Association Celebrates Black History Month

University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics Black History Month

Lift Every Voice Sing-A-Long

Every Monday
12:00pm
TUC Atrium
Join the AACRC Choir, The Black Faculty Association, and the Department of Africana Studies in paying homage to James Weldon Johnson’s eloquent poem-turned-hymn that was recognized in 1919 by the NAACP as the “Negro National Anthem” and is today still celebrated as the “Black National Anthem.”

Sisters Impacting Sisters & UC Black Women on the Move Sip & Paint

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
5:30pm – 7:30pm
AACRC Main Lounge

Lead Like a Leader: Black Excellence in Leadership

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
8:00am – 10:00pm
Steger Student Life Center
The Center for Student Involvement celebrates Black History Month by highlighting and celebrating leaders who have celebrated, advocated, and honored the experiences of the Black community. We will be offering information for three weeks (February 7-14, 14-21, and 21-28) about three different leaders, both globally and locally. You can come learn, reflect, and celebrate their contributions and how you can contribute to equality, equity, and unity in our community.

Family FEUD

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
11:30am – 1:00pm
UCBA Muntz Hall
Gather your friends and classmates and test your knowledge about Black History, fun facts and pop culture.

Drink-N-Think

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
6:30pm
Ludlow Wines
331 Ludlow Ave.
Ludlow Wines will host Dr. Holly Y. McGee every Wednesday in Black History Month for a 4-part lecture series on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about African American History but were hesitant to ask.

LIVE: Liberating Ideas (through) Voices (and) Expression)

Thursday, February 29, 2024
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Contemporary Arts Center; 44 E. 6th Street
Close out Black FUTURE Month 2024 with a LIVE poetry performance with the Charles P. Taft Research Center’s Postdoctoral Fellows!

8th Annual Black Feminist Symposium: Revolutionary Sisterhood

Friday, March 1, 2024
8:00am – 3:30pm
TUC Great Hall
The Symposium will feature papers, panels, workshops, round tables, and creative work from UC students, faculty & staff, and members of the wider community.

February Arguments at the United States Supreme Court

US Supreme Court - corrected

From SCOTUS Blog:

Monday, February 26, 2024

Moody v. NetChoice, LLC – (1) whether the laws’ content-moderation restrictions comply with the First Amendment; and (2) whether the laws’ individualized-explanation requirements comply with the First Amendment.

NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton – whether the First Amendment prohibits viewpoint-, content-, or speaker-based laws restricting select websites from engaging in editorial choices about whether, and how, to publish and disseminate speech — or otherwise burdening those editorial choices through onerous operational and disclosure requirements.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

McIntosh v. United States – whether a district court may enter a criminal-forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2.

Cantero v. Bank of Amer. – whether the National Bank Act preempts the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks.

Thursday, February 28, 2024

Garland v. Cargill – whether a bump stock device is a “machinegun” as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a machinegun, i.e., into a weapon that fires “automatically more than one shot … by a single function of the trigger.”

Coinbase v. Suski – whether, where parties enter into an arbitration agreement with a delegation clause, an arbitrator or a court should decide whether that arbitration agreement is narrowed by a later contract that is silent as to arbitration and delegation.