A conversation featuring Professor Orville Vernon Burton, co-author of Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court, and Tony Baylis, Director for the Office of Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Programs at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Access this Zoom link to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82906246627.

Orville Vernon Burton is the prizewinning author of several books, including The Age of Lincoln.  He is Judge Matthew J. Perry Jr. Distinguished Professor of History at Clemson University and Emeritus University Scholar and Professor of History at the University of Illinois. Burton co-wrote Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court with civil rights attorney Armand Derfner. The book tells the story of race by laying bare the complicity of the Court, narrating how the country got to where it is today. 

Tony Baylis is a senior leader, partner, and international advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). He collaborates with LLNL’s senior leadership on the organization’s DEI strategy and he leads the execution of building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive lab culture and workforce. Baylis’s career spans over 30 years of administrative, project, program, technical, organizational management and senior leadership in industry, academia, government, film and broadcast media, scientific and technical environments. He represents LLNL on the subjects of DEI, science, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), outreach, and K-12 student programs.

This event is part of the Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program, sponsored by the Friends of the Livermore Library. Adults ages 18 and up are encouraged to participate in the summer reading program. Participants who earn eight or more badges will be placed into a drawing for a chance to receive a $50 gift certificate for local restaurants and businesses along with other prizes.