Found 6 collections related to African American lawyers

Search Results - Library of Congress Finding Aids

4 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) African American lawyers. Civil Rights History Project collection, 2010-2016. 1,202 items. 1,024 video files ...

9 Famous and Groundbreaking Black Lawyers in History

Leading, noteworthy black lawyers in history, ground breaking African American attorneys incl Jane Bolin Johnnie Cochran, Barack Obama, ...

Search Results - Library of Congress Finding Aids

2 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) African American lawyers--Interviews. Civil Rights History Project collection, 2010-2016. 1,202 items. 1,024 ...

6 Civil Rights Lawyers Reflect on Racial Justice Movement

Public support of Black Lives Matter has surged, and one poll found that 67% of Americans believe racial discrimination is a big problem in ...

Six African American Lawyers to Celebrate during Black History Month

Known for being the first general counsel of the NAACP, Charles Hamilton Houston was a champion of various civil rights cases and earned the ...

Black Lawyers of Missouri: 150 Years of Progress and Promise

can be found at WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibition, ... advocate for African Americans over the past six decades . . . [and] embodie ...

Collection of African American Legal History - Law School

The collection includes the papers of prominent African American lawyers, judges, lawmakers and others whose work and service reflect a commitment to civil ...

Angela Davis Legal defense collection, 1970-1972 - NYPL Archives

Leading the defense team were Oakland attorney Howard Moore Jr. and Davis childhood friend Margaret Burnham. The other attorneys on the team were Leo Branton, ...

Tureaud, A. P. (Alexander Pierre) | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

... African American lawyers from a registration case and replaced them with Whites. ... Found in 6 Collections and/or Records: Liva Baker collection.

Legal Subversives: African American Lawyers in the Jim Crow South

issue with African American lawyers utilizing public law libraries or trying cases in court. 18. Similar treatment was found in Washington, DC, too. In the ...

African American Lawyers/Attorneys, Kentucky, 1880-1940

Isaac E. Black, Sr. would soon make his way to Louisville. He too was an early African American lawyer in Kentucky. From 1869-1874, he was ...

Top Black Lawyers.rev - WilmerHale

The. Columbia Law School and Colum- bia Business School graduate pre- viously was a partner at Mayer,. Brown & Pratt, where he was the first African American ...

Black Lawyers in the Federal Government: 1844 - 1940

Clay Smith, Jr. Collection at Digital Howard @. Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Selected Speeches by an authorized ...

9 Famous African American Black Lawyers Who Shaped the US

Macon Bolling Allen · Charles H. Houston · Fred Gray · Thurgood Marshall · Jane Bolin · Star Jones · Charlotte E. Ray · Constance Baker Motley.

Constance Baker Motley: Judiciary's Unsung Rights Hero - U.S. Courts

In addition to her own clerks, Motley inspired generations of African American women lawyers who became judges themselves. ... AttorneysNovember 6 ...

African American | Archival Collections - Chicago Public Library

African American · Abbott, Robert S. - John H. Sengstacke Family Papers · Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago Archives · Albritton, Jesse ...

Black lawyer admitted to the Maryland bar — 166 years after his denial

“At the time that Draper was doing this, there were only a half-dozen Black lawyers in the U.S.,” said John G. Browning, 59, who traveled to ...

List of African American jurists - Wikipedia

This list includes individuals self-identified as African Americans who have made prominent contributions to the field of law in the United States, ...

Why I Collect Racist Objects - Jim Crow Museum

A colleague told me about an elderly black woman who had a large collection of black-related objects. ... Africans and African Americans. Ghettopoly. In ...

African American Lawyers Who Have Helped Shape the United States

Below, you will find eleven African American attorneys who have paved the way for generations of legal intellectuals by challenging a whole country's ...