Emancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 J. Clay Smith,
Jr. Foreword by Justice Thurgood Marshall "A monumental
achievement."--Southern University Law Review "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."--Black Issues in Higher
Education "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."--Southern University Law Review "A remarkable piece of
scholarship. . . . Emancipation 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."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch Winner of the W. E. B. Du Bois Book
Award of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists
"Emancipation 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 J. Clay Smith, Jr., 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 Rebels in Law: Voices in History of Black Women Lawyers and
editor of Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings 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
