Category: Law

  • EIHS Lecture: “Partus Sequitur Ventrem: Slave Law and the History of Women in Slavery” Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies University of Michigan 1014 Tisch Hall 435 South State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1003 2015-02-05, 16:00-18:00 CST (Local Time) Jennifer L. Morgan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, History New York University In 1662, legislators in…

  • The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era [Tejada Review] Washington Independent Review of Books 2015-01-15 Susan Tejada When a Crescent City toddler goes missing, the tensions of the post-Civil War South are exposed. Ross, Michael A., The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the…

  • The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era Oxford University Press 2014-10-14 320 Pages 30 half-tones 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9780199778805 Michael A. Ross, Associate Professor of History University of Maryland Offers a glimpse into the volatile racial world of Reconstruction era New Orleans Guides readers through…

  • The Life and Death of Davis Knight after State vs. Knight (1948) Renegade South: Histories of Unconventional Southerners 2009-04-08 Victoria E. Bynum, Emeritus Professor of History Texas State University, San Marcos Davis Knight, the great-grandson of the infamous “Free State of Jones” guerrilla, Newt Knight, became the centerpiece of his own drama some 25 years…

  • Penn PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts to Receive APA’s 2015 Fuller Award Penn News University of Pennsylvania 2015-01-23 Jacquie Posey, Media Contact Telephone: 215-898-6460 The American Psychiatric Association has named University of Pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts recipient of the 2015 Solomon Carter Fuller Award in recognition of her demonstrated leadership and exceptional achievements. The award honors…

  • Is the Defendant White or Not? The New York Times 2015-01-23 Nour Kteily, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University Sarah Cotterill, Doctoral Student Department of Psychology Harvard University AS jury selection continues in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the defendant in the Boston Marathon bombings, so does debate about…

  • Brazil’s traditionally agrarian economy, based initially on slave labor and later on rural labor and tenancy arrangements, established inequalities that have not diminished even with industrial development and urban growth. While fertility and infant mortality rates have dropped significantly and life expectancy has increased during the past thirty years, the gaps in mortality between rich…

  • The Children of Loving v. Virginia: Living at the Intersection of Law and Mixed-Race Identity Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special Lecture University of Michigan 2015-01-19 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School Prof. Martha S. Jones, who codirects the Program in Race,…

  • On race, Obama sticks to a game plan of seeking steady progress within the system The Washington Post 2015-01-18 Steven Mufson, White House correspondent, financial staff writer During racially tense moments that have beset the nation recently, many Americans have longed for President Obama to display some of the passion and soaring rhetoric that made…

  • Plaçage and the Performance of Whiteness: The Trial of Eulalie Mandeville, Free Colored Woman, of Antebellum New Orleans American Nineteenth Century History Volume 15, Issue 2, 2014 pages 187-209 DOI: 10.1080/14664658.2014.959818 Carol Wilson, Arthur A. and Elizabeth R. Knapp Professor of American History Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland Depictions of plaçage, a type of concubinage found…