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Friday, December 1, 2017

Thank You, Melissa Milewski!

For a fabulous series of posts on her book, Litigating Across the Color Line: Civil Cases Between Black and White Southerners from the End of Slavery to Civil Rights:

How to Find Civil Cases Between White and Black Southerners in State Court Records

Why African Americans Were Able To Litigate and Win Civil Cases Against Whites in the Jim Crow South

How Black Litigants Shaped Their Civil Cases Against Whites

What Kind of Civil Cases Black Southerners Litigated Against Whites in Southern Courts, 1865-1899 

What Kinds of Civil Cases Black Southerners Litigated Against Whites in Southern Courts, 1900-1950

Teaching Resource: Excerpts from Case File of Leonard v. Roebuck

Teaching Resource: Excerpts from Case File of City of Harrodsburg v. Sallee

Black Southerners' Suits Against their Former Masters: Cases and Teaching Resources

Rethinking the Role of State Courts in the Lives of Black Southerners: What I've Learned
Posted by Dan Ernst at 8:05 AM
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