![]() | She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power – 1619 to 1969 Subjects: Humanities; Law; Social Sciences; Criminology - Law; Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties; Criminology and Criminal Justice; History; Socio-Legal Studies; American History; Social & Cultural History; Legal History; Criminal Justice - Criminology; Historical Criminology - Criminology Law; Socio-Legal Studies - Gender & Sexuality; Historical Criminology; Criminal Justice History; Criminology and Law; Crime and Society; She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the Civil Rights Movement. The Black Woman reveals power, from Queen Nzingha to Shirley Chisholm. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a writer, civil rights attorney, playwright, and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College (CUNY). Gloria taught in the Africana Studies Program at Vassar College. Prior to academia, she litigated cases for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Community Legal Services, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. She is the author of Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present, The Voting Rights War, and The Constitution: Major Cases and Conflicts. Gloria is the recipient of a Pulitzer Center Grant and Frederick Lewis Allen Fellowship. |
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