The University of Texas at Austin

You are cordially invited to attend the 22nd Annual Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights, March 25-28 with events hosted on The University of Texas at Austin campus.

Themed The Powerless Majority: The Black and Latino Experience in America, the symposium will focus on issues related to the African American and Latino experience in today's society such as educational inequality, health care disparities, and the disproportionate representation in the criminal justice system. Furthermore, programs will examine the interaction between African Americans and Latinos and how these issues are manifested in those relationships. This year's keynote speaker will be Ron Kirk, who will deliver the closing keynote address on Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m, at the Thompson Conference Center, located on the University of Texas campus.  The following pages will provide a listing of events and times, as well as locations.

Featured Speakers:

Ron Kirk

Mr. Ron Kirk, UT School of Law alum and the first African American mayor of Dallas, Texas, will be the featured speaker at the Symposium keynote event Friday, March 28th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium. Read More

Nicolas Vaca

Nicolas C. Vaca, J.D., Ph.D., is a practicing attorney and visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. He is the author of The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Blacks and Latinos and What it Means for America