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The Robert H. Jackson Center is open for small group tours. Docent-led tours are available from 10am-2pm on weekdays. Saturday tours are available by appointment. We are following NY State COVID contact tracing and social distancing guidelines. We look forward to welcoming you!

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A Special Message from The Robert H. Jackson Center

The Robert H. Jackson Center of Jamestown, New York is pleased to announce that it has awarded the prestigious Robert H. Jackson Center Fellowship to three deserving area educators.

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EXHIBITS AT THE JACKSON CENTER

Current Exhibit: Leading with Integrity & Innovation-A Tribute to Stan Lundine

This exhibit pays tribute to Stan Nelson Lundine and celebrates his political career nearly 50 years after it began.

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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

Reading of The Judgment of The Tribunal II

On Sept. 30, 1946, Sir Geoffrey Lawrence reads a portion of the Judgment as it relates to sanity of Hess to stand trial. Read More

The very purpose of the Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.

West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) at 638