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  - A Fashionable Verdict: A Pop Up Shopping Event to Benefit the Jackson Center
    August 17, 2019 at 10:00am
    
    Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: A Pop-Up Fall Shopping Event to benefit the work of the Robert H. Jackson Center. Twenty percent of each purchase supports the Center's outreach and educational programs for the community.
  - “George Marshall: A Man of War, A Man of Peace”: Al & Marge Brown Lecture Series
    August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm
    
    Join us for the 2nd Al & Marge Brown Lecture on WWII on August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm in the Cappa Theatre at the Robert H. Jackson Center. This event is free and open to the public.
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    - Living Voices: “Through the Eyes of a Friend” and “New American”
      June 20, 2019 at 9:00am
    - William R. Casto, author of Advising the President: Attorney General Robert H. Jackson & Franklin D. Roosevelt
      July 23, 2019 at 3:30pm
    - “George Marshall: A Man of War, A Man of Peace”: Al & Marge Brown Lecture Series
      August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm
    - An Evening with Bob Woodward
      August 11, 2019 at 5:00pm
    - A Fashionable Verdict: A Pop Up Shopping Event to Benefit the Jackson Center
      August 17, 2019 at 10:00am
    - 13th Annual Heintz Award Presentation & Interview/Performance by Samite
      August 25, 2019 at 7:00pm
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  - A Fashionable Verdict: A Pop Up Shopping Event to Benefit the Jackson Center
    August 17, 2019 at 10:00am
    
    Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: A Pop-Up Fall Shopping Event to benefit the work of the Robert H. Jackson Center. Twenty percent of each purchase supports the Center's outreach and educational programs for the community.
  - “George Marshall: A Man of War, A Man of Peace”: Al & Marge Brown Lecture Series
    August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm
    
    Join us for the 2nd Al & Marge Brown Lecture on WWII on August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm in the Cappa Theatre at the Robert H. Jackson Center. This event is free and open to the public.
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  - “An Existing and Indestructible Reality”? Justice Robert H. Jackson’s Thoughts on International Law and a Legal Case Study on the 100th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
    
    2017 RHJC summer intern Abigail Johnson, Allegheny College Class of 2018, examines International Law and the Balfour Declaration.
  - A Change of Heart, A Changing Time, A Brilliant Legal Mind: Reconciling Robert H. Jackson’s Opinions in Dennis and Barnette
    
    2017 RHJC summer intern Aaron Borger, Pennsylvania Class of 2018, examines Justice Jackson's opinions in West Virginia v. Barnette and Dennis v. United States.
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  - 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.
  - Permanent Exhibit: Flags at Nuremberg
    
    This tribute to the legacy of Robert H. Jackson was made possible through the generosity of our donors, and specifically Thomas Loftus III, Robert Loftus, and Julia Craighill, three of Jackson’s grandchildren.
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    Robert Houghwout Jackson
    1892-1954
    United States Solicitor General (1938-1940)
    United States Attorney General (1940-1941)
    Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (1941-1954)
    Chief United States Prosecutor, Nuremberg Trial (1945-1946)
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    The mission of the Robert H. Jackson Center is to advance public awareness and appreciation of the principles of justice and the rule of law as embodied in the achievements and legacy of Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Chief U.S. Prosecutor at Nuremberg.
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- Robert H. Jackson Center
  
  305 E. Fourth St.
  Jamestown, NY 14701
  
  Hours:
  Mon-Fri 10am - 4pm
  Saturdays by Appointment
  
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  info@roberthjackson.org
  
  (716)483-6646

Dissenting Opinion, Beauharnais v. Illinois, 343 U.S. 250 (1951)

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April 28, 1952

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

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August 17, 2019 at 10:00am

A Fashionable Verdict: A Pop Up Shopping Event to Benefit the Jackson Center
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August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm

“George Marshall: A Man of War, A Man of Peace”: Al & Marge Brown Lecture Series
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July 23, 2019 at 3:30pm

William R. Casto, author of Advising the President: Attorney General Robert H. Jackson & Franklin D. Roosevelt
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August 25, 2019 at 7:00pm

13th Annual Heintz Award Presentation & Interview/Performance by Samite
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August 11, 2019 at 5:00pm

An Evening with Bob Woodward
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15th Annual Young Readers Winning Essays
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Robert H. Jackson Center names Kristan McMahon President
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Jackson Center Welcomes U.S. District Court Judges of New York

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

Address:

305 E. Fourth St.

Jamestown, NY 14701

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Mon-Fri: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Sat: 10am – 2pm during summer months, otherwise by appointment

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(716)483-6646

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