By Jerry Girley, Esq.
Can you hear me now? These are the familiar words of a very famous cell phone marketing campaign. As children, whenever we failed to immediately follow my mother’s instructions she would say, “If you can’t hear...
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This is the seventh 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...
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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...
The use of invidious discrimination to prevent African Americans from serving on juries goes as far back as the end of slavery and has been a persistent presence in American jurisprudence.
Frederick Douglass said, "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has, and it never will." What will be our demand? What must we require of America to ensure that in eight years I'm not comparing another black man to Arbery or Martin?
Unfortunately, with the rise of black political progress during Reconstruction came the rise of white rage and backlash. Reeling from the defeat in the South, white southerners felt doubly insulted to lose the war and now have their former...
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In law school I was disappointed by the dearth of civil rights courses available. Thankfully students had the ability to create ad hoc seminars around subjects that interest us and fit within the rigorous guidelines mandated for each course....
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As a civil rights attorney and student of black history, I'm often asked which books I would recommend for someone who wants to learn more about both subjects. Therefore, I decided to make a video of 7 books...
Did you watch the Cohen's Congressional testimony today?! Whew Chillay! I thought it would be explosive, and it did not disappoint.
There were many different topics I wanted to cover, but I've narrowed it down to two important lessons we...
The American legal system survives because of people's unwavering faith in a set of false beliefs, like justice is blind, or that people can "objectively" observe a set of facts. The reality is that justice is only legally blind,...