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Deflect, Delay, Deny: A Case Study Of Segregation By Law School Faculty, Briana Rosenbaum Jan 2022

Deflect, Delay, Deny: A Case Study Of Segregation By Law School Faculty, Briana Rosenbaum

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Many histories of school desegregation litigation center on the natural protagonists, such as the lawyers and plaintiffs who fought the status quo. Little attention is paid to the role that individual faculty members played in the perpetuation of segregated legal education. When the antagonists in the historiographies do appear, it is usually as anonymous individuals and groups. Thus, “the Board of Regents” refused to change its policy and “the University” denied a person’s application.

But recently discovered and rarely accessed historic documents provide proof of the direct role that some law school faculty members played in the perpetuation of segregation. …


Gut Renovations: Using Critical And Comparative Rhetoric To Remodel How The Law Addresses Privilege And Power, Lucille Jewel Oct 2020

Gut Renovations: Using Critical And Comparative Rhetoric To Remodel How The Law Addresses Privilege And Power, Lucille Jewel

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