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The Role Of The Courts In Creating Racial Identity In Early New Orleans, Jack M. Beermann
The Role Of The Courts In Creating Racial Identity In Early New Orleans, Jack M. Beermann
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Reviewing Kenneth R. Aslakson, Making Race in the Courtroom: The Legal Construction of Three Races in Early New Orleans (New York University Press 2014).
The racial history of New Orleans is unique among American cities, as is Louisiana's among the history of American states. In the antebellum period, there were more free people of color in New Orleans than in any other city in the South, and free people of color lived, and often prospered, throughout Louisiana. The presence of so many free people of color in New Orleans, and Louisiana more generally, arose from many factors, including the consequences …
Gideon In White/Gideon In Black: Race And Identity In Lawyering, Anthony V. Alfieri
Gideon In White/Gideon In Black: Race And Identity In Lawyering, Anthony V. Alfieri
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Race Prosecutors, Race Defenders, Anthony V. Alfieri
The Color Of Money, Paul F. Campos