Emancipation : the making of the black lawyer, 1844-1944
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Emancipation : the making of the black lawyer, 1844-1944
University of Pennsylvania Press, c1993
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [639]-661) and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780812216851
Description
"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
Table of Contents
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
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: cloth ISBN 9780812231816
Description
"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
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