#  The 2023 Hutchins Forum: The Rise &amp; Fall of Affirmative Action 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **August 17, 2023** 

 12:00PM - 12:00PM EDT 

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 **Old Whaling Church, Edgartown, MA &amp; Streaming**  



 

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 ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2023-hutchins-forum-the-rise-fall-of-affirmative-action-tickets-675335425437) *Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Glenn &amp; Debbie Hutchins Present*

 *The 2023 Hutchins Forum: A Panel Discussion*

 **The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action**

 **Thursday, August 17 at 5pm | The Old Whaling Church, Edgartown MA**

 **Tickets available Monday 7/31 at Noon ET:** [reserve tickets at hutchinsforum23.eventbrite.com](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2023-hutchins-forum-the-rise-fall-of-affirmative-action-tickets-675335425437)

 [Stream the discussion at pbs.org/newshour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/)

 **Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,** *Harvard University*

 **Moderator:** **Charlayne Hunter-Gault,** *Author &amp; Journalist*

 **Panel:**

 **Jay Caspian Kang,** *The New Yorker*

 **Randall Kennedy,** *Harvard Law School*

 **John McWhorter,** *Columbia University*

 **Melissa Murray,** *NYU School of Law*

 **Respondent:**

 **Laurence H. Tribe,** *Harvard Law School*

 Co-sponsored with PBS NewsHour



 

 



 

 

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