The Return of “Cookie Friday”
The Pritzker Legal Research Center is excited to announce the return of its “Cookie Friday” cookie parties. Our first of three this semester will be held on Friday, October 16 at 3pm. We will have cookies (and blondies) to share with you just past the library’s entrance. If you will be on campus, please stop by to take a break from whatever it is you will be up to that day. You can also chat with some of the library’s librarians and staff.
In addition to cookies and blondies, some of the staff’s Halloween enthusiasts will hopefully have some decorations up at the front of the library. And some Halloween candy/goodies should be around too!
When: Friday, October 16, from 3-4pm
Where: The Pritzker Legal Research Center’s entrance, across from the circulation/reference desk
Why: Cookies! Blondies! Candy! Also, ask questions about library services. And admire some Halloween decorations.
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October 2015 New Library Resources
Check out our October lists of over 100 new library resources at: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/library/secure/collections/newacquisitions/.
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Two New Proquest Congressional Resources
We’ve picked a couple of new Proquest Congressional resources that will save you some valuable research time.
- Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions, 1789 – Present: A “one-stop shop” for all U.S. Congressional public and private bills and resolutions from 1789 to present. All bills and resolutions available in fully searchable PDF format. Content is fully searchable from the main Proquest Congressional search box. To search only Bills & Laws, use the advanced search option.
- Executive Branch Documents, 1933-39: Building on Part 1 of this collection (1789-1932), Part 2 contains over 67,000 fully searchable PDFs (including annotations or abstracts) of federal executive branch documents produced between 1933-1939. Content is fully searchable from the main Proquest Congressional search box. To search only Executive Branch Documents, use the advanced search option.
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On This Date in History….
On this date in 1957, nine black students, known as the “Little Rock Nine”, integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court handed down the consolidated decision of Brown v. Board of Education, striking down “separate but equal” segregation in the educational context, and overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. Many school districts still were resistant to this ruling, so the Court heard follow-up oral arguments to Brown. The Court then issued a second ruling in Brown in 1955. In Brown II, the Court ordered all the previous cases on the issue of school desegregation “remanded to the District Courts to take such proceedings and enter such orders and decrees consistent with this opinion as are necessary and proper to admit to public schools on a racially nondiscriminatory basis with all deliberate speed the parties to these cases.” Brown, 349 U. S. 294, 301.
Following the decisions of the Brown cases, the Little Rock School Board decided to comply with the decision and the Little Rock Nine enrolled in Central High School. On September 4, 1957, the Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to block their entry for the first day of classes because he was worried about violence and bloodshed if the school were integrated; the Nine were turned away from school. Photographers were able to capture images of one the Nine, Elizabeth Eckford, surrounded by an angry mob as she tried to enter the school.
All attempts for the Nine to go to school were thwarted: President Eisenhower met with Faubus while on vacation in Rhode Island and warned him not to interfere any further with integration; the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Little Rock issued an injunction removing the guardsmen from blocking the school entrance; and, the Little Rock police tried to sneak the Nine into the school but were outnumbered by a mob of angry white parents within the school, who turned them away. Subsequently, the mayor of Little Rock requested federal troops to help integrate Central H.S. President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school on September 25, 1957.
For more information, check out these sources:
Integration of Central High School
The Little Rock Nine Foundation
History – Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment
Brown v. Board of Education – PBS
Tagged with: Brown v. Board of Education, Constitutional Law, Desegregation, Little Rock Nine
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Happy Constitution Day!
It is September 17, which means it is Constitution Day, celebrating the September 17, 1787 signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. There are many Constitution Day events around the web. Here are just a few:
- The Washington Post has a Constitution Day quiz. How well can you do?
- Twitter has a #ConstitutionDay2015 hashtag devoted to the holiday.
- Discovery Education is hosting 2 live, virtual events, one with Justice Breyer.
- The Law Library of Congress‘s In Custodia Legis blog has a post dedicated to the annotated Constitution.
Learn more about the Constitution, other founding documents, and the Founding Fathers at the National Archives.
Have a Happy Constitution Day!
Have a Productive Week
The fall term brings with it many things- new courses, a change in temperature, all things pumpkin spice, and a new product announcement from Apple. Even if you’re not getting a shiny new device, you can still maximize the one you’ve got (and get organized) with these 6 recommended productivity apps:
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Good Reader: Review, edit, annotate and manage all of those PDFs with this highly-rated app.
Simple Mind: Looking for a way to simplify how you structure your next group project or paper? Mind-mapping software can get you organized.
Dragon Dictation: Save time-dictate your brilliant thoughts and let this voice-to-text app capture them for you.
Posted in Tech
Welcome to Fall 2015
Welcome to our new students, and welcome back to those returning.
It might not quite feel like fall outside yet, but the new term is here. Thanks to the Atrium expansion project that wrapped up in the spring, the Library is home to several new study and group collaboration spaces in the third floor addition.
These spaces are equipped with furniture and technology to make all that new coursework more pleasant to complete.
Not sure how to reserve a group study room? Click here for more information.
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Law Library Closed on Monday, September 7
The Pritzker Legal Research Center will be closed on Monday, September 7 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. It will reopen at 7:30am on Tuesday, September 8.
Have a safe and happy holiday!
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