The Legal Eagle Review

Breonna Taylor

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner sit down with North Carolina Central Law Professors, Dione Gonder and Dorothy Mitchell, to discuss the killing of Breonna Taylor, a twenty-six-year-old unarmed black woman, at the hand of the Louisville Metro Police Department.

NC U.S. Senate Race

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner sit down with North Carolina Central University Law Professor, Don Corbett, to discuss the current North Carolina Senate race between the incumbent, Thom Tillis, and challenger, Cal Cunningham; the role and importance of the United States Senate; and how the outcome of this senate race will affect the political landscape of our nation.

Recent Bar Admittees

Founded in 1939 as a result of the North Carolina General Assembly enacting House Bill 18, which authorized a law school at North Carolina College for Negroes (now known as North Carolina Central University), North Carolina Central University School of law continues to pride itself in being a school of opportunity. On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner sit down with recent graduates, Allison Newton, Ashley Mitchell, and Cameron Redd, of the North Carolina Central University School of Law to discuss their journey in becoming newly licensed attorneys.

Civil Rights Movement Comparisons with Black Lives Matter

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner analyze how the 1960s Civil Rights movement compares to the current Black Lives Matter Movement. To assist in this discussion/analysis, Professors April Dawson and Irv Joyner welcome Ajamu Dillahunt Hollaway, a graduate student at the University of Michigan and Community Organizer, and Attorney Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director at Emancipate North Carolina.

Voting by Mail, Early Voting and Protecting the Vote

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner sit down with North Carolina Central University Professor, Jarvis Hall; Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina, attorney Tomas Lopez; and Staff Attorney for the Self-Help Credit Union and State Director of the Election Program Effort, Jennifer Marsh, for a discussion surrounding voter protection in the wake of an upcoming election. This week’s episode seeks to educate and advise the listener regarding the mechanics of voting and the various mechanisms that are in place to ensure that your vote is protected.

Historic Democratic Ticket

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner welcome North Carolina State Senator Erica Smith, North Carolina Labor Commissioner Jessica Holmes, North Carolina Central University Professor Jarvis Hall, and current North Carolina Central University School of Law student, Ms. Chazley Woodley, to discuss the historical selection of Senator Kamala Harris as President Joe Biden’s Vice-Presidential running mate.

Discussion with Host - Irv Joyner

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner celebrate the fifth anniversary of the revival of The Legal Eagle Review. The Legal Eagle Review initially aired from 1998 to 2008, with Professor Irv Joyner serving as its host; after an eight-year hiatus, Professor April Dawson and Irv Joyner relaunched the informative and thought-provoking show. On this week’s episode, host April Dawson sits down with her colleague, Irv Joyner, to further discuss the role(s) he has played in many of the State's key civil rights and voting rights cases.

Continuing Legacy and Impact of the 1898 Wilmington Political Overthrow - Part II

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner discuss the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington Coup of 1898, with special guests Dr. Timothy Tyson – Historian, Author, and Senior Research Scholar for the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies; and Dr. Kenneth Janken – Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. The coup occurred after the state’s white southern Democrats conspired and led a mob of 2,000 white men to overthrow the legitimately elected Fusionist government. They expelled opposition black and white political leaders from the city, destroyed the property and businesses of black citizens built up since the Civil War, including the only black newspaper in the city, and killed an estimated 60 to 300 people.

1965 Voting Rights Act

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner are joined by Attorney Tomas Lopez, who serves as the Director of Democracy North Carolina, and Professor Jarvis Hall of the North Carolina Central University Political Science Department. This week’s discussion will entail an in-depth discussion surrounding the Fifteenth Amendment, which granted African Americans the right to vote, and the role in which the 1965 Voting Rights Act played in furthering such right.

Confederate Monuments in NC

On this show, we discuss confederate monuments in NC and efforts to remove them. We talk with Angaza Laughinghouse, Attorney & Community organizer for the Black Workers for Justice, Deborah Dicks Maxwell, President of the New Hanover NAACP, and Cierra McEachern, NCCU Law Student.