“The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and its Continuing Importance”

August 28, 2007

NOTICE OF FULL COMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on "The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and its Continuing Importance" for Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

By order of the Chairman

Updated Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
on
"The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and its Continuing Importance"

Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226
10:00 a.m.

Panel I:

The Honorable John Lewis
United States Representative [D-GA-5th]

Panel II:

Wade Henderson
President and CEO
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Washington, DC

Theodore Shaw
Director-Counsel and President
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
Washington, DC

Peter Zamora
Washington, DC Regional Counsel
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund [MALDEF]
Washington, DC

Gail Heriot
Commissioner
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Professor of Law
University of California at San Diego
San Diego, CA

Robert P. Moses
President
The Algebra Project, Inc.
Cambridge, MA

Robert H. Driscoll
Partner
Alston & Bird
Washington, DC