I interview Berkeley Regulation professor Dylan Penningroth to debate the intersections of Black historical past, regulation, and the civil rights motion. Penningroth, creator of “Earlier than the Motion: The Hidden Historical past of Black Civil Rights” (affiliate hyperlink), stresses the significance of viewing the Black neighborhood as a various group with numerous views, and utilizing the regulation as each an instrument of oppression and of change. He speaks on his analysis challenges and the impacts of company regulation on Black historical past.
The Jabot podcast is an offshoot of the Above the Regulation model targeted on the challenges girls, individuals of coloration, LGBTQIA, and different various populations face within the authorized business. Our identify comes from none apart from the Infamous Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the jabot (ornamental collar) she wore when delivering dissents from the bench. It’s a reminder that even once we aren’t successful, we’re nonetheless a robust pressure to be reckoned with.
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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Regulation, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Considering Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the perfect, so please join along with her. Be happy to e mail her with any suggestions, questions, or feedback and comply with her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
