The longer I live the more Audre Lorde's words ring true to me: the master’s tools will never be used to dismantle the master’s house. In light of Lorde’s words, the more I work as a civil rights lawyer...
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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...
And that is the problem. As I watch the dash cam video, it is clear to me that Officer Yanez was afraid. However, what is not clear to me is the reason. Why was he so terrified? Was it...
In the 12th grade I wrote a short story about a lynching from the perspective of a tree. It wasn't for a particular class; just one of my musings. This week I've been taking a tour of the south,...
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.
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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....
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?
I can’t seem to get beyond the horror that occurred in my hometown of Orlando last weekend. Friday night the singer Christina Grimmie was shot to death while signing autographs for fans. Although I did not know her, her...
I want to start by stating unequivocally that I do not condone the the shootings in Dallas last night. Sadly, however, I am not surprised by it. It is the result of years of oppression and injustice. History tells...
I considered writing about the incredible irony that a challenge to affirmative action is being brought by a presidential cabinet made up primarily of wholly incompetent white men whose rise to power was made possible because of their race,...