In 1980, I was an adjunct professor at Hastings College of the Law and taught a class called “Representing the Underrepresented,” which was a hands-on class aimed at helping law students know what it takes to help change the world for the better through strategic litigation. One of my students was Mark Zemelman. I toldContinue reading "The Resilience of Racism, by Sarah Zemelman"
Three Reports Conclude Kavanaugh’s Record is a Threat to Racial Justice
My personal hero is Charles Hamilton Houston, the architect of the brilliant legal strategy that led to Brown v. Board of Education. I was born in Texas when separate but equal was the law of the land. My Dad was an Air Force officer so my brothers and I went to fully desegregated schools onContinue reading "Three Reports Conclude Kavanaugh’s Record is a Threat to Racial Justice"
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 42
The GOP is scared of putting John McCain’s name on a building currently named after a segregationist. Slate Florida's GOP gubernatorial nominee says a vote for his Black opponent would 'monkey this up'. CNN How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses. ProPublica Vermont’s only Black woman lawmaker pulls out of race inContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy: Week 42"