Emancipation The Making Of The Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 [Paperback]

Emancipationis 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

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

A remarkable piece of scholarship. . . .Emancipationcontains 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

Foreword, by Justice Thurgood Marshall
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1 Black Students in White Law Schools and the Black Law Schools
Chapter 2 New England: The Genesis of the Black Lawyer
Chapter 3 The Atlantic States
Chapter 4 The Southeastern States
Chapter 5 The Southern States
Chapter 6 The Southwestern States
Chapter 7 The Northeastern States
Chapter 8 The Northwestern States
Chapter 9 The Pacific States
Chapter 10 National White and Black Bar Groups and the State Black Bar Groups

Appendix 1. The First Black Lawyers, 1844-1944
Appendix 2. U.S. Census: The Number of Lawyers in Each State/Territory by Race and Sex, 1850-1940
Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index

The sheer quantity of information contained in Emancipation is overwhelming; the impact of page after page of data, stories and lives, alÍ