Rename Committee at Cleveland-Marshall Hosting Historic Public Forum

CLEVELAND, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- At 5pm ET today, April 27^th, the Rename Committee at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law ("the Committee") is hosting a historic public forum with legal scholars to discuss John Marshall's legacy. The forum is the third and final forum, and includes notable legal scholars Paul Finkelman and Kevin Walsh.

How You Can Join (Zoom Conference)

The forum will be held tonight, April 27^th, at 5pm ET, via Zoom. It is open to the public.

Find more information and the Zoom link here:
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/meetcmlaw/namecommittee

Marshall Institutions Look Inward, Ask Hard Questions

Cleveland-Marshall (the "School") is one of 18 schools across the nation named for Chief Justice John Marshall, and one of two law schools to form a Rename Committee. The other is John Marshall Law School at UIC in Chicago, whose renaming committee recently voted 6-1 recommending to remove "Marshall" from its name.

Marshall's True Legacy Includes Being a Slave Master

At his death in 1835, Marshall owned hundreds of slaves. For 27 years after England abolished slavery, Marshall increased his slave ownership and was 7-0 in denying freedom. At his death in 1835, he had 200+ slaves, a year after Canada abolished slavery. To say Marshall acted "consistent with the times", or that he "should be judged by standards of his day", as a way of minimizing his role in the slave tragedy, is misleading, because Marshall clearly didn't act with the times.

John Marshall High School in Los Angeles

John Marshall High School in Los Angeles is working toward hosting a public discussion, as well, according to the activities feed on their website posted 3/18/21. The event was subsequently cancelled and has not been rescheduled.

Students at John Marshall High School, who operate the school's Instagram account, are the true leaders of any institutional discussion (which we highly encourage), having opened up the debate as far back as July 9^th, 2020.

SOURCE Rename John Marshall

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