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Rebels in law : voices in history of Black women lawyers / edited by J. Clay Smith Jr.
Van Pelt Library KF299.A35 R43 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women lawyers--History.
- African American women lawyers.
- African American women lawyers--Biography.
- History.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Black women formally entered the practice of American law in 1872. Beginning with a short essay written in 1897, this collection demonstrates the involvement of black women lawyers in important public issues and shows them addressing the sensitive subjects of race, equality, justice, and freedom. A groundbreaking study, REBELS IN LAW offers historical background on each writer and on the history of black women lawyers. Photos.
- Contents:
- Introduction : law is no mystery to Black women / J. Clay Smith Jr.
- Law and its call to Black women
- The power of Black women
- Legal education, the legal academy, and the legal profession
- On presidents and judges
- Race, equality, justice, and freedom
- Crime and criminal justice
- International concerns.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0472108832
- OCLC:
- 37878748
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