(Part IV(a) of six part series):
In the last article I discussed the state of Black rights during slavery by briefly examining two important legal documents occurring near the beginning and the end of slavery: The Negro Act and the...
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This is the 12th installment of the Untold Series where I look at some of the most important civil rights cases. I quickly unpack their stories and why I believe they are significant. This series is an adaption to...
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After a month hiatus, give or take a few days, I have returned with a new season and more episodes of the Untold Series!
For those who may be new here, this series, The Untold Stories of the Civil...
In 1896 the Reconstruction era was unequivocally dead when the U.S. Supreme Court officially sanctioned Jim Crow in Plessy v. Ferguson. The result was a very dark and scary period for blacks in America. Some scholars have even argued...
Contrary to what you may believe, the rights of Black people in America have not been progressing in a straight line. Our story does not begin in slavery and end with “We Shall Overcome” and the first black president....
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This is the fifth installment of the Untold Series where I look at some of the most important civil rights cases. I quickly unpack their stories and why I believe they are significant. This series is an adaption...
In my personal statement for law school, I described my life as a soundtrack, with each phase of my story consisting of a different and beautiful composition. At the time I thought it was clever. That delusion came to...