“COLORED MEN”
AND
“HOMBRES AQUÍ”
Center for Black Culture & GEAR-UP
FROM HIS BOOK
The Campus Alliance De La Raza
MICHAEL A. OLIVAS
Black American Studies
PHOTO COURTESY OF
The Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs
Institute for Public Administration
School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy
SPONSORED BY
Redding Chair for the Study of Law & Public Policy
A Presentation by Michael A.
Olivas: Hernandez v. Texas
October 2, 2007 • Perkins Student Center Gallery • 4:30 p.m.
Professor Olivas is the William B. Bates
Professor of Law and founder/director of the
University of Houston’s Institute for Higher
Education Law and Governance. He will discuss his most recent book, “COLORED MEN” AND
“H OMBRES A QUÍ ,” a study of a landmark, but
often overlooked, Supreme Court case,
HERNANDEZ V. TEXAS. This historic 1954 Supreme
Court civil rights case preceded the BROWN V.
BOARD OF EDUCATION decision by just days. BROWN
made racial segregation in public schools
illegal; in HERNANDEZ the Court recognized for
the first time that Mexican Americans constituted a distinct
group entitled to recognition and protection under the Equal
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Professor
Olivas is also an expert in immigration law and will discuss the
current immigration debate.
THIS PROGRAM IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.