Potso Mahlangeni Byndon is an attorney practicing law in Nebraska, specializing in

racial discrimination cases and litigating contentious employment contracts that are

broken by apartheid institutions in our community. He has passed the bar exam in New

York, North Carolina, Nebraska, and the federal system. Over the years, many African

American attorneys who graduate from Nebraska leave the state because there are few

opportunities to earn a decent income to pay back their student loans or feed their

families. Others fail to get the white-collar jobs that are promised to white graduating

seniors in law schools. We are aware of people who obtain employment opportunities

because of just being white and knowing friends in local and state government. This

program will discuss recent legal issues that aren’t covered in Black newspapers or in

Facebook discussions because too many in our community lack basic legal information.

Last month, after visiting the Nebraska College of Law in Lincoln, it was nearly all white.

I attended a few community events at Creighton University when I did my social justice

work at Catholic Charities over 20 years ago. During my first and only visit to Nebraska

Law College, as a life resident, I noted that all the historical deans were white and that

there were very few African American graduates. We will discuss the racist reasons why

African Americans are not in numbers proportional to their population and ways that can

be increased by community outreach to schools and educational events that discuss the

apartheid legal system that exists in Nebraska and elsewhere. We will explore how folks

become disbarred and the dual justice system in our community. Despite African

Americans’ love for the democratic party or system, we had our first Supreme Court

Justice appointed by this Republican governor. Beforehand, I had flashbacks, or

nightmares, seeing those Black robes as a different color.

Please join us for this special event on Wednesday, November 25 th, at 7 p.m., where

others fear the thread.

Legal Information for Grasstops and Racial Understanding.