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VCU Libraries celebrates Constitution Day

Posted September 8, 2009 10:39 AM in Archive

VCU Libraries is celebrating Constitution Day (September 17th) with video viewings at both campus libraries, a Constitution Day montage on our entrance plasma screens, and free copies of a pocket Constitution guide.

A Conversation on the Constitution: Judicial Independence

  • Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, 12:00 p.m.: Cabell Library Room B-35
  • Friday, September 18th, 2009, 12:30 p.m.: Tompkins-McCaw Library Room 2-012 (Library Instruction Classroom)

Join us for the screening of a 30-minute video featuring Supreme Court justices Kennedy, O'Connor, and Breyer. In a conversation with students, the justices discuss the Constitution and the role of judges who are sworn to uphold the laws of this nation and to protect the rights of all citizens.

The Constitution Project: An Independent Judiciary

  • Wednesday, September 16th, 2009, 12:00 p.m. Cabell Library: Room B-35
  • Friday, September 18th, 2009, 1:00 p.m.: Tompkins-McCaw Library Room 2-012 (Library Instruction Classroom)

Join us for a screening of a 34-minute film chronicling two key moments that defined our understanding of the role of the judiciary: the Cherokee Nation's struggles before the Supreme Court in the 1830s to preserve its homeland, and Cooper v. Aaron, the 1958 Supreme Court case that affirmed that states were bound to follow the Court's order to integrate their schools. An Independent Judiciary features Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and some of the nation's leading Constitutional scholars.

A Constitution Day Montage

  • Ongoing, Cabell Library foyer and Tompkins-McCaw first floor

A PowerPoint presentation and video montage will be displayed on large-screen monitors inside the entrances. Catch trivia and fun facts as you visit the library! The video montage features a variety of clips, from the "Schoolhouse Rock" Preamble to a segment of Barbara Jordan's 1974 "Constitution Speech."

Pocket Constitutions

  • Ongoing, September 14th-18th, Cabell Library reference desk and Tompkins-McCaw service desk

Stop by for a free pocket-sized copy of the Constitution. While supplies last!