She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969

She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969

She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367482190
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/30/2020
Series: Criminology and Justice Studies
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

List of Plates xii

Acknowledgments xiv

Timeline of Selected Cases and Events xvi

Prelude xxxii

1 We Were Queens 1

2 Her Bondage 14

3 Trials and Tribulations 26

4 Female Fugitives 38

5 Slaves in Court 66

6 Segregated Freedom 89

7 Lynched, Raped, and Violated 106

8 Her Mind Matters 125

9 Politics of Freedom 145

10 A Force for Good 159

11 She Is an Activist 178

12 Sankofa 196

Table of Cases 203

Notes 206

Bibliography 228

Index 251

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