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James Monroe addresses crowd at Community Chalkboard

On August 20, 2008, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression brought a time machine to the Community Chalkboard at the eastern end of the Downtown Mall. A crowd assembled was transported to the year 1828 to hear from James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.

 
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VABook: A View from the Bench

On March 28, 2008, the Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit presented the Tenth Annual Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. The lecture was part of the Virginia Festival of the Book, [...]

 
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VABook 2008: Legal Issues in Higher Education

Legal questions involving academic freedom, affirmative action, and student speech are but a few of the issues facing college administrators today. On March 29, 2008, a panel of experts was called together by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the 14th Annual Virginia Festival of the Book for [...]

 
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Delegates Bell and Toscano speak at Chalkboard

On Wednesday, August 22, at 7:00 pm, Virginia General Assembly Delegates Rob Bell (R-58) and David Toscano (D-57) participated in a community forum to address audience questions on past and future legislative sessions. The forum will be moderated by WINA Radio host Jane Foy.

The event was held at The Community Chalkboard and [...]

 
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James Madison speaks at the Community Chalkboard

On August 14, 2007, a time machine temporarily turned the east end of the Downtown Mall back to the year 1807, allowing for Orange County resident James Madison to appear. He spoke about foreign affairs and whether he should run for president. Mr. Madison (as played by John  Douglas Hall) also took questions [...]

 
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The 2007 Jefferson Muzzles

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has handed out its annual Jefferson Muzzles to groups that have somehow curtailed free expression in the last year. I spoke with director Robert O’Neil to get more details on this year’s batch.

 
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Jerry Falwell and Larry Flynt debate

In November 1997, the Reverend Jerry Falwell and publisher Larry Flynt appeared together at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of a conference organized by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. The conference examined the legal and cultural impact of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court [...]

 
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An Interview with Oliver Hill

Civil rights attorney Oliver Hill is well known for the role he played in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions that ended the doctrine of “separate but equal” and other forms of racial discrimination in the United States. One of the cases in which Hill was a key figure was [...]

 
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Jan Crawford Greenburg on the U.S. Supreme Court

In March 2007, ABC News Supreme Court Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg delivered the ninth annual lecture of the Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lectureship Series. Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, the series was created and funded by the former students of Professor Abraham to honor [...]

 
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VABook 2007: The Trial of Lenny Bruce

Ronald Collins, co-author of The Trials of Lenny Bruce, and attorney Robert Corn-Revere discuss the free speech trials of comedian Lenny Bruce, including their successful effort to earn Bruce the first posthumous pardon granted by the State of New York. The presentation was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center as part [...]

 
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist delivers 2003 Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture

In April 2003, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist provided the fifth annual lecture of the Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lectureship Series. Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, the series was created and funded by the former students of Professor Abraham to [...]

 
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Details on the First Amendment Writes songwriting and poetry contest

Josh Wheeler of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression and Sibley Johns of the Music Resource Center join Coy Barefoot on the September 28th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. The two organizations as well as Starr Hill Presents are sponsoring a song-writing and poetry contest called First Amendment Writes. The contest “celebrates [...]

 
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