{"product_id":"she-took-justice-9780367482190","title":"She Took Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power â 1619 to 1969 \u003c\/em\u003eproves 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShe Took Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, we see centuries of courage in the face of racial prejudice and gender oppression. We gain insight into American history through The Black Woman's fight against race laws, especially criminal injustice. She became an organizer, leader, activist, lawyer, and judge â a fighter in her own advancement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese engaging true stories show that, for most of American history, the law was an enemy to The Black Woman. Using perseverance, tenacity, intelligence, and faith, she turned the law into a weapon to combat discrimination, a prestigious occupation, and a platform from which she could lift others as she rose. This is a book for every reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly written and profoundly researched, Gloria Browne-Marshall has gifted us with the lives of bold brilliant women of African descent who fought for freedom, equality, dignity. This timely and riveting book is urgently needed, now!\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBlanche Wiesen Cook, author, \u003c\/em\u003eEleanor Roosevelt, Vols I, II, III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGloria Browne-Marshall has written a powerful primer for everyone in America who needs to know that Black women have never needed to be saved. \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKhalil Gibran Muhammad, author, \u003c\/em\u003eThe Condemnation of Blackness.\u003cem\u003e Professor of History, Race and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowne-Marshall lifts the voices of these Black women so that the world may see the depths to which they have succumbed and the ground they have covered in their quest to liberate and advocate for social justice. \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBrenda M. Greene, Professor of English and Founder\/Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College (CUNY)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholar-Activist Gloria Browne-Marshall has done it again. \u003ci\u003eShe took Justice \u003c\/i\u003eis a tour-de-force. These Black women, despite the racial and gender vagaries of their time, pursued justice at all cost, including the endangerment of their own lives. \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eShaun L. Gabbidon, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State University-Harrisburg \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe Took Justice gives the world a new story told beautifully. It is a miraculous ride. This book provides substantial evidence that the Black Woman's power existed well beyond the confines of law or the traditional telling of American history.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePamela Meanes, Past President of the National Bar Association and law partner Thompson Coburn, LLC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments; Timeline of Selected Cases and Events; Prelude; 1. We Were Queens; 2. Her Bondage; 3. Trials and Tribulations; 4. Female Fugitives; 5. Slaves in Court; 6. Segregated Freedom; 7. Lynched, Raped, and Violated; 8. Her Mind Matters; 9. Politics of Freedom; 10. A Force for Good; 11. She Is an Activist; 12. Sankofa; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017920282967,"sku":"9780367482190","price":19.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367482190.jpg?v=1750775083","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/she-took-justice-9780367482190","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}