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November 12, 2020 at 3:00pm

Tea Time with the Jackson Center with Rebecca Cokley

Join us on The Center's Facebook page for Tea with RHJC, a virtual program with RHJC President Kristan McMahon where she and a guest discuss Jackson's legacy and work and how it relates to current events. Our next Tea is on Thursday, November 12 at 3pm, featuring Rebecca Cokley, Director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress.

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Permanent Exhibit: Nuremberg Photos by Raymond D’Addario

Raymond D'Addario was one of a few photographers assigned by the Army Pictorial Service to document the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. On November 21, 1945, senior Nazi officials took their seats in Courtroom 600 in the Palace of Justice. Ray’s photograph of the main defendants sitting in the docket surrounded by U.S. military guards has become the iconic symbol of the trial.

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Jackson’s Jamestown

This unit will empower students to reflect on their personal career goals, brainstorm steps toward reaching those goals and use Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson as a case study of an individual who ascended from ordinary life in small-town America to the highest echelons of American government. 

The unit of study is structured to take place over several class sessions depending on student work pace and the desired depth of research. Customization and adaptation are encouraged for differentiation and time management imperatives. 

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Justice Jackson and the Application of Universal Ethics

How do we truly know if something is moral?  Designed for the International Baccalaureate student and teacher, this unit is designed to offer students a detailed case study on how Robert H. Jackson led the allied efforts to apply a universal concept of ethical justice to Nazi officials captured at the end of World War II vis a vis the Nuremberg Tribunal.  Students will also consider the efficacy in developing UN International Tribunals and the International Criminal Courts....

This Day in Nuremberg

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However, we must never forget that it is implicit in this philosophy [of the United States Constitution] that the discontented have a duty as well as a right to voice openly their dissatisfaction and that the contented have an obligation to tolerate and answer overt opposition, however distasteful. We must also remember that this concept of liberty had no tolerance of any form of lawlessness, no belief that there could be freedom except under law.

Hon. Robert H. Jackson "Liberty" speech made during his reception of the Medal Award for Distinguished Service in the Law New York, NY. January 30, 1954.