Emancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944

Name: Emancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944
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ISBN: 9780812216851

ISBN-10: 0812216857

ISBN-13: 9780812216851

Edition: 1993

Authors: J. Clay Smith Jr, Thurgood Marshall

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"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

Book details

List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 1/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 760
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction



Black Students in White Law Schools and the Black Law Schools



New England: The Genesis of the Black Lawyer



The Atlantic States



The Southeastern States



The Southern States



The Southwestern States



The Northeastern States



The Northwestern States



The Pacific States



National White and Black Bar Groups and the State Black Bar Groups



The First Black Lawyers, 1844-1944



U. S. Census: The Number of Lawyers in Each State/Territory by Race and Sex, 1850-1940


Bibliography


Table of Cases


Index