{"id":99291,"date":"2025-03-03T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=99291"},"modified":"2025-03-03T16:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:09:32","slug":"the-fred-gray-civil-rights-writing-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/03\/03\/the-fred-gray-civil-rights-writing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Fred Gray Civil Rights Writing Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Fred Gray Civil Rights Writing Competition<\/strong>&nbsp;honors the legacy of civil rights attorney Fred Gray, who represented Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law students are invited to submit scholarly essays on critical civil rights issues, including voting rights, racial discrimination, public education, and fair treatment in the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Competition Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong>\u00a0J.D. and LL.M. students at ABA-accredited law schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Essay Length:<\/strong>\u00a05,000 \u2013 8,000 words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0February 28, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prizes:<\/strong>\u00a0$7,500 (1st), $5,000 (2nd), $2,500 (3rd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Additional Recognition:<\/strong>\u00a0Winning authors may be invited to the Lanier Trial Academy in Houston, Texas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions, contact Associate Dean Wendy A. Humphrey at&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:wendy.humphrey@ttu.edu\">wendy.humphrey@ttu.edu<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;or (806) 834-4446.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2025\/03\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1024\" width=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2025\/03\/image.png?w=840\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99292\" style=\"width:253px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2025\/03\/image.png 1227w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2025\/03\/image.png?resize=288,300 288w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2025\/03\/image.png?resize=768,801 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2025\/03\/image.png?resize=982,1024 982w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2025\/03\/image.png?resize=1200,1252 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Fred Gray Civil Rights Writing Competition&nbsp;honors the legacy of civil rights attorney Fred Gray, who represented Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Law students are invited to submit scholarly essays on critical civil rights issues, including voting rights, racial discrimination, public education, and fair treatment in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/03\/03\/the-fred-gray-civil-rights-writing-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The\u00a0Fred Gray Civil Rights Writing Competition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4846,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarships"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99293,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99291\/revisions\/99293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}