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Emancipation

The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944

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Produktbeschreibung

"Emancipation is an important and impressive work; one cannot read it without being inspired by the legal acumen, creativity, and resiliency these pioneer lawyers displayed. . . . It should be read by everyone interested in understanding the road African-Americans have traveled and the challenges that lie ahead."-From the Foreword, by Justice Thurgood Marshall

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 760
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 123mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1007g
• ISBN-13: 9780812216851
• ISBN-10: 0812216857
• Artikelnr.: 21532050

Autorenporträt

J. Clay Smith, Jr. (1942-2018) was Professor of Law and Dean at the Howard University School of Law. He served as President of the Washington Bar Association, as National President of the Federal Bar Association, and was appointed by President Jimmy Carter U.S. Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of which he later served as Acting Chairman under President Ronald Reagan. He is the author of Rebels in Law: Voices in History of Black Women Lawyers and editor of Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings of Thurgood Marshall, the latter also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by Justice Thurgood Marshall
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Black Students in White Law Schools and the Black Law Schools
Chapter 2 New England: The Genesis of the Black Lawyer
Chapter 3 The Atlantic States
Chapter 4 The Southeastern States
Chapter 5 The Southern States
Chapter 6 The Southwestern States
Chapter 7 The Northeastern States
Chapter 8 The Northwestern States
Chapter 9 The Pacific States
Chapter 10 National White and Black Bar Groups and the State Black Bar
Groups
Appendix 1. The First Black Lawyers, 1844-1944
Appendix 2. U.S. Census: The Number of Lawyers in Each State/Territory by
Race and Sex, 1850-1940
Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index