{"product_id":"emancipation-the-making-of-the-black-lawyer-1844-1944-paperback","title":"Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThurgood Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 J. Clay Smith, Jr. Foreword by Justice Thurgood Marshall \"A monumental achievement.\"--\u003ci\u003eSouthern University Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues in Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e \"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eSouthern University Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"A remarkable piece of scholarship. . . . \u003ci\u003eEmancipation\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e Winner of the W. E. B. Du Bois Book Award of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists \"\u003ci\u003eEmancipation\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003eJ. Clay Smith, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eRebels in Law: Voices in History of Black Women Lawyers\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eSupreme Justice: Speeches and Writings\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Clay Smith, Jr. (1942-2018) was Professor of Law and Dean at the Howard University School of Law. He 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 Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings of Thurgood Marshall, the latter also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 760\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130650562695,"sku":"9780812216851","price":94.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/162565d1d57b62574a5a174b98b1cbdd.webp?v=1732612656","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/emancipation-the-making-of-the-black-lawyer-1844-1944-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}