The intersection of race and law
enforcement
Lincoln Presidential Library presents Jan. 27
roundtable on slavery’s legacy and police-community relations
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[January 21, 2015]
SPRINGFIELD
– With the nation giving renewed attention to police interactions
with the African-American community, the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum will explore the issue and its
connections to slavery at a Jan. 27 roundtable discussion.
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Participants in “Race, Courts and Community Police Relations”
will include a historian, lawyer, state’s attorney and NAACP leader.
Audience members will be able to ask questions and offer their own
perspectives.
The free event takes place 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room
of the Lincoln Presidential Library (112 N. Sixth Street,
Springfield).
Reservations can be made by visiting www.presidentlincoln.gov and
clicking “Special Event Reservations” or by calling (217) 558-8934.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Jan/21/images/ads/current/charrons_bch041713.png) The program will review interactions between minority communities
and police from the plantation to the present. It will also cover
legal questions and the grand jury process.
Panelists include:
Charles Branham, historian with the University of Chicago
Laboratory School Jay Elmore, a Springfield attorney
Teresa Haley, president of the NAACP Springfield chapter
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Judith Johnson, Springfield school board member and
past NAACP president John Milhiser, Sangamon County
state’s attorney And moderator J. Steve Beckett, director
of trial advocacy, University of Illinois College of Law
[Chris Wills, Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum]
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