UA’s Black to Receive Buford Peace Award

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<p>As a faculty member in the Honors College, Black teaches various classes in the Moral Forum, a debate program which helps UA students develop the skills necessary to evaluate and respond to moral claims and engage in moral discourse. Additionally, he teaches a course, Poverty in America.</p>

<p>He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude, and he received his juris doctorate from Yale Law School in 1997. Following his graduation from law school, he returned to Alabama to join the Birmingham law firm, Maynard, Cooper and Gale.</p>

<p>Black, grandson of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, grew up in New Mexico after most of his family left the state in the 1950s and ’60s, following his grandfather’s role in controversial Civil Rights decisions, including Brown v. Board of Education.</p>

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<p>Stephen Black is a powerhouse. My son has benefitted greatly from his tutelage, both as a student in Moral Forum and as a Moral Forum Scholar/Teaching Assistant in the course. Well deserved kudos to Dr. Black!</p>

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<p>One of my kids took one of his classes, too. Awesome prof.</p>