The mission of the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (Maryland Carey Law) is to re-imagine and transform institutions and systems of racial and intersectional inequality, marginalization, and oppression. The Center collaborates with community members, government officials, and nonprofit organizations to examine and address persistent issues of historical and modern-day racial inequalities, including the intersection of race and gender, disability, or age, across systems and institutions in the City of Baltimore, the State of Maryland, and nationwide.
Launched in September 2023, the Center’s name honors Professors Larry Gibson and Taunya Lovell Banks, who are the first Black man and woman to become tenured professors at Maryland Carey Law. Through the Gibson-Banks Center, the law school is committed to pursuing equity and improving the lives of racially marginalized individuals and communities through litigation, law and policy reforms, and the production and wide dissemination of innovative legal scholarship and multidisciplinary research.
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