She Took Justice - Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

She Took Justice

The Black Woman, Law, and Power – 1619 to 1969
Buch | Hardcover
274 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-48316-6 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
She Took Justice proves the Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the Civil Rights Movement.
She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power – 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the Civil Rights Movement. The Black Woman reveals power, from Queen Nzingha to Shirley Chisholm.

In She Took Justice, we see centuries of courage in the face of racial prejudice and gender oppression. We gain insight into American history through The Black Woman's fight against race laws, especially criminal injustice. She became an organizer, leader, activist, lawyer, and judge – a fighter in her own advancement.

These engaging true stories show that, for most of American history, the law was an enemy to The Black Woman. Using perseverance, tenacity, intelligence, and faith, she turned the law into a weapon to combat discrimination, a prestigious occupation, and a platform from which she could lift others as she rose. This is a book for every reader.

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a writer, civil rights attorney, playwright, and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College (CUNY). Gloria taught in the Africana Studies Program at Vassar College. Prior to academia, she litigated cases for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Community Legal Services, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. She is the author of Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present, The Voting Rights War, and The Constitution: Major Cases and Conflicts. Gloria is the recipient of a Pulitzer Center Grant and Frederick Lewis Allen Fellowship.

Acknowledgments; Timeline of Selected Cases and Events; Prelude; 1. We Were Queens; 2. Her Bondage; 3. Trials and Tribulations; 4. Female Fugitives; 5. Slaves in Court; 6. Segregated Freedom; 7. Lynched, Raped, and Violated; 8. Her Mind Matters; 9. Politics of Freedom; 10. A Force for Good; 11. She Is an Activist; 12. Sankofa; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Criminology and Justice Studies
Zusatzinfo 13 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 612 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Völkerrecht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 0-367-48316-5 / 0367483165
ISBN-13 978-0-367-48316-6 / 9780367483166
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