Poverty, North Carolina and the American Flight From Equality
Gene Nichol is Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor of law and Director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina. From 2005-2008, he was president of the College of William and Mary. Nichol was Burton Craige professor and dean of the law school at UNC (1999-2005); law dean at the University of Colorado (1988-1995); and Cutler professor and director of the William & Mary Bill of Rights Institute (1985-1988).A widely published author, he is also a monthly op-ed writer for the Raleigh News & Observer.This event is part of the 2014-2015 Duke Human Rights Center@FHI initiative on "The 99 Percent: Poverty, Justice and Human Rights," and supported by a grant from Humanities Writ Large.
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