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Informationen zum Autor J. Clay Smith, Jr. Foreword by Justice Thurgood Marshall Klappentext Emancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 J. Clay Smith, Jr. Foreword by Justice Thurgood Marshall "A monumental achievement."--Southern University Law Review "Emancipation is the first truly comprehensive reference book covering the first one hundred years of African Americans in the legal profession. Other legal historians and biographers must take Smith's work as a starting point for gauging the impact Black lawyers and institutions have had upon the evolution of the American legal profession."--Black Issues in Higher Education "The sheer quantity of information contained in Emancipation is overwhelming; the impact of page after page of data, stories and lives, and the thousands of detailed, extensive footnotes and documentation is simply overpowering. It is a monumental achievement."--Southern University Law Review "A remarkable piece of scholarship. . . . Emancipation contains a wealth of information previously unknown even to those who consider themselves well-informed about African-American history. . . . It will, I am sure, serve as the definitive authority on the history of black lawyers for years to come."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch Winner of the W. E. B. Du Bois Book Award of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists "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 J. Clay Smith, Jr., is Professor of Law and formerly Dean at the Howard University School of Law. He has 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 of Thurgood Marshall. 1993 | 760 pages | 6 x 9 | 30 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-1685-1 | Paper | $36.50s | £24.00 World Rights | Law, African-American/African Studies, American History Zusammenfassung Intended for those interested in understanding the road African-Americans have traveled and the challenges that lie ahead. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
