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Emancipation

The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944

• Broschiertes Buch

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. Foreword by Justice Thurgood Marshall

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