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May 30, 2019 at 6:30pm

Loud and Queer: A Documentary by JCC Student Hailey Tredo

The Robert H. Jackson Center hosts Hailey Tredo, Jamestown Community College student, on Thursday, May 30 at 6:30pm.  Hailey will premiere her documentary, "Loud & Queer," a short film on the representation of queer and bisexual women in the media. A panel discussion will follow the presentation of the film. This event is free and open to the public.

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June 20, 2019 at 9:00am

Living Voices: “Through the Eyes of a Friend” and “New American”

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15th Annual Young Readers Winning Essays

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Robert H. Jackson Center names Kristan McMahon President

The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a global society where the universal principles of equality, fairness and justice prevail.

JACKSON CENTER EVENTS

EXHIBITS AT THE JACKSON CENTER

Current Exhibit: “A Loaded Weapon” – Photographic Perspectives on U.S. Internment Camps Of WW II

“A Loaded Weapon: Photographic Perspectives on the Japanese American Internment Camps of World War II."  This exhibit is part of the Jackson Center’s ongoing series of rotating exhibits exploring current events and challenges through the lens of Justice Jackson’s life and work.

Featured Lesson Plan

Checks & Balances- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer

Two 40 minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes including references to the DVD, Liberty Under Law, The Robert H. Jackson Story, websites, and student readings.

 

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Justice at Nuremberg

Four 40-minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes complete with websites, handouts and suggested video clips from the DVD, Liberty Under Law: The Robert H. Jackson Story....

This Day in Nuremberg

von Schirach I

On May 23, 1946, Dr. Fritz Sauter called his witness defendant Baldur von Schirach, Hitler Youth Leader, to the stand. You hear the testimony through an english translator. Following the direct examination is the cross examination conducted by Thomas Dodd, Deputy U.S.Prosecutor. Read More

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) at 642