This question will be explored in an address by Richard Delgado, a national leader and advocate in the areas of progressive legal thought and civil rights and the University of Oregon’s 18th occupant of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics. The talk is scheduled for 4:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in Room 229, Grayson Hall (UO Law Center) 1101 Kincaid St. Delgado added the talk to three other public lectures scheduled in Eugene during his two-week visit to Oregon, Oct. 11—23. On Friday, Oct. 16, he will lead a colloquium on affirmative action at 2:30 p.m. in Room 129, Grayson Hall. The event is free and open to the public. On Saturday, Oct. 17, he will speak on racist speech and hate propaganda during a workshop presentation at the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment Conference at 4 p.m. in Room 308 in the Forum at Lane Community College, 4000 E. 30th Ave. Conference fees range from $10-$85. Delgado’s Morse Chair lecture, "How Conservative Think Tanks and Foundations Changed America’s Social Agenda," explores issues raised in his 1996 book by the same title which he co-authored with his wife, legal author Jean Stefancic. The lecture is free and open to the public. It takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Eugene Hilton, 66 E. Sixth Ave. Delgado is currently the Jean Lindsley Professor of Law at the University of Colorado. The Wayne Morse Chair was created in 1978 as a living memorial to the late Oregon senator and former dean of the UO School of Law. The chair is an endowed professorship financed by private donations and a matching federal grant.

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