The Legal Eagle Review

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.

Role and Function of University Professors in the Face of Racial Injustice

On this show, we talk about the roles Universities and professors can play in the face of racial unrest with Jarvis Hall, NCCU Professor of Political Science and Ansel Brown, Visiting Professor at NCCU School of Law.

Police Abuse and Misconduct

On this show, we discuss police misconduct, its impact on African American communities and what is being done to address this issue with LeVelle Moton, Head Basketball Coach at North Carolina Central University, and Kami Chavis, Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Program at Wake Forest University School of Law.

Domestic Violence During Corona Virus

On this show, we discuss the impact COVID-19 is having on domestic violence and resources and help available for survivors of DV. Our guests are Sherry Honeycutt Everett, Legal and Policy Director of the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Nisha Williams, a staff attorney with the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Voting Rights and the Corona Virus

On this show, we discuss a recently filed lawsuit which is designed to avoid barriers to voting in NC which have been created by the Coronavirus. We talk with Attorney Tomas Lopez, the Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina.

Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute & COVID-19

Launched in 1998, the North Carolina Central University Julius L. Chambers Biomedical / Biotechnology Research Institute is an innovative research and training institute dedicated to the advancement of fundamental knowledge of human diseases, particularly those that disproportionately affect African American and other underrepresented minority groups. On this show, we talk about the important work of the institute. Our guests are Dr. Deepak Kumar, director of the JLC-BBRI, Dr. Nikia A. Laurie, Associate Director of the Institute, and Dr. William Pilkington, Program Director of the Institute’s Hope program.

Corona Virus and Durham Public Defenders

On this show, we discuss the impact the Coronavirus pandemic is having on the representation of indigent defendants with Dawn Baxton, Chief Public Defender of Durham County.