SYMPOSIUM CIVIL RIGHTS OR CIVIL WANTS?

This Volume's Symposium commemorates the FiftiethAnniversary of Desegregation at the University of Georgia. OnMonday, January 9, 1961, two brave, African-American students-Mr. Hamilton Holmes and Ms. Charlayne Hunter-registered forclasses on North Campus. Just three days before-and after alengthy court battle-U.S. District Judge William Bootle held inHolmes v. Danner that the students were "fully qualified forimmediate admission" and "would already have been admitted hadit not been for their race and color." Since that historic moment,UGA and the rest of our country have taken great strides toprovide equal opportunities to all. Yet, many civil rights issuespersist in education and elsewhere.On August 26, 2011, the Georgia Law Review hosted aSymposium Conference inspired by the University's yearlongcelebration of its desegregation.

The Conference-entitled CivilRights or Civil Wants?-provided a venue for prominent academicsand lawyers from across the country to discuss the civil rightsissues of today and tomorrow. This Symposium Issue continuesthat discussion by providing in print the scholarship that drovethe dialogue at the Conference. Rather than take on a narrowslice of the debate, the Georgia Law Review thought this FiftiethAnniversary marked a unique opportunity to examine how oursociety's conception of and dialogue on civil rights has broadenedto often include non-traditional civil rights issues. As such, inaddition to examining the current state of education, thisSymposium looks at some of today's other important civil rightsissues, particularly in the contexts of immigration, information privacy, and international law after the September 11, 2011,terrorist attacks.