"Penningroth's conclusions emerge from an epic research agenda. . .. Before the Movement presents an original and provocative account of how civil law was experienced by Black citizens and how their 'legal lives' changed over time . . . [an] ambitious, stimulating, and provocative book." --Eric Foner, New York Review of Books A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement. Winner of the Merle Curti Social ...
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"Penningroth's conclusions emerge from an epic research agenda. . .. Before the Movement presents an original and provocative account of how civil law was experienced by Black citizens and how their 'legal lives' changed over time . . . [an] ambitious, stimulating, and provocative book." --Eric Foner, New York Review of Books A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement. Winner of the Merle Curti Social History Award from the Organization of American Historians Winner of the Ellis W. Hawley Award prize from the Organization of American Historians Winner of the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History or Biography
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