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United States Fourth Circuit Court Judge Roger Gregory was a guest of CUA's Black Law Students Association on February 9th.

A long and winding chain of legal cases and rulings led up to the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision from Topeka, Kansas that forced the desegregation of American public education. Nearing its 50th anniversary, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling is considered one of the touchstones of the modern civil rights movement.

One of America’s leading African-American jurists outlined the legal trail for CUA students during his February visit.

Judge Roger Gregory, the first African-American jurist ever appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, enumerated the infamous decisions that codified racial separation in the U.S., such as Plessy vs.. Ferguson, before moving into a discussion of the subsequent challenges to those rulings that eventually began to peel them back.

Judge Gregory himself knows something of historic firsts. He is the first circuit court judge to have been the beneficiary of two presidential appointments that came from different political parties. He was a recess appointment by President Clinton, and was later permanently appointed to the federal bench by President Bush.

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	United States Fourth Circuit Court Judge Roger Gregory was a guest of CUA's Black Law Students Association on February 9th. A long and winding chain of legal cases and rulings led up to the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision from Topeka, Kansas that forced the desegregation of American public education. Nearing its 50th anniversary, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling is considered one of the touchstones of the modern civil rights movement. One of America’s leading African-American jurists outlined the legal trail for CUA students during his February visit. Judge Roger Gregory, the first African-American jurist ever appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, enumerated the infamous decisions that codified racial separation in the U.S., such as Plessy vs.. Ferguson, before moving into a discussion of the subsequent challenges to those rulings that eventually began to peel them back. Judge Gregory himself knows something of historic firsts. He is the first circuit court judge to have been the beneficiary of two presidential appointments that came from different political parties. He was a recess appointment by President Clinton, and was later permanently appointed to the federal bench by President Bush.
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