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  Biden administration inviting UN racism, human rights envoys to visit US 2021 WL 2944989 (7/14/2021) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The State Department announced Tuesday that it invited the United Nations's racism and human rights envoys for a visit to the U.S. amid a national debate on racial injustice, police reform and the teaching of critical race theory in classrooms. 2021
Marty Johnson and Brett Samuels Biden unveils plan for racial equity at Tulsa Race Massacre centennial (6/1/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   President Biden on Tuesday traveled to Tulsa, Okla., to meet with the survivors of the citys 1921 race massacre, unveiling a broad plan to drive racial equity throughout the country while holding up the citys past as evidence of the pervasive effects of racism. 2021
Mike Lillis Black Caucus presses Democratic leaders to expedite action on voting rights (6/30/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Black Democrats are pressing party leaders and the head of a key committee to hit the gas on legislation designed to combat discrimination at the polls. 2021
Terrence M. Franklin BLACK DEATHS SHOULD MATTER, TOO! ESTATE PLANNING AS A TOOL FOR ANTIRACISTS 47 ACTEC L.J. 39 (Fall, 2021) [ACTEC Law Journal] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   And since I feel today New York is really My personal property I'll tell you what I'm gonna do . Since I like you very much, So very, very much, I'm gonna split it with you. Since I like you very much, So very, very much, I'm gonna split it with you! Just as the negative effects of most legal policies and practices have a disproportionately greater... 2021
Marty Johnson Black lawmakers warn against complacency after Juneteenth victory (6/19/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The observance of Juneteenth for the first time as a federal holiday is being hailed by lawmakers and activists who for years have sought national recognition for the oldest celebration of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. 2021
Willie J. Epps, Jr. BLACK LAWYERS OF MISSOURI: 150 YEARS OF PROGRESS AND PROMISE 86 Mo. L. Rev. 1 (Winter, 2021) [Missouri Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   In this Article, Judge Epps amasses and orchestrates an unprecedented amount of information about Missouri's Black lawyers from 1871 to 2021. As Missouri marks its bicentennial, and the sesquicentennial of the first Black lawyer admitted to practice here, this Article offers analysis and insights about the most well-known Black lawyers, including... 2021
Raquel E. Aldana BORDER SOLUTIONS FROM THE INSIDE 11 U. Miami Race & Soc. Just. L. Rev. 77 (Spring, 2021) [University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   I. We Are Not All in the Same Boat. 82 II. Internalizing Solutions to Forced migration. 88 A. Why and How U.S. Immigration Reforms Can Aid Recovery in the Northern Triangle. 89 1. A Profile of Northern Triangle Migrants and Immigrants in the United States and at the U.S.-Mexico Border. 89 2. The Important of Remittances to the Northern Triangle and... 2021
  Brief Amicus Curiae of Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, Members of the U.S. Commission On Civil Rights, in Their Capacities as Private Citizens, in Support of Petitioner (3/23/2021) Briefs   FN1. Pursuant to this Court's Rule 37.2(a), all parties have consented to this brief. Counsel of record for all parties received notice at least 10 days prior to the due date of the Amici... 2021
  Brief Amicus Curiae of Prof. Ariella AÐisha Azoulay Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Comparative Literature, Brown University, in Support of the Plaintiff-Appellant (10/11/2021) Briefs   FN1. These included images of the people they enslaved as nursemaids, butlers, and boatmen as well as outdoor of the plantation household (see Mathew Fox-Amato, Exposing Slavery:... 2021
  Brief of Public Knowledge, Lita Rosario-Richardson, Esq., Library Futures Institute, and Fight for the Future as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petition (1/1/2021) Briefs   FN1. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 37.3(a), Parties have consented to the filing of this brief. Pursuant to Rule 37.6, no counsel for a party authored this brief in whole or in part, and... 2021
Beau Kilmer , Jonathan P. Caulkins , Michelle Kilborn , Michelle Priest , Kristin M. Warren CANNABIS LEGALIZATION AND SOCIAL EQUITY: SOME OPPORTUNITIES, PUZZLES, AND TRADE-OFFS 101 B.U. L. Rev. 1003 (May, 2021) [Boston University Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Cannabis prohibition has created disparate harms--especially for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)--largely through arrest disparities for possession and their downstream effects. Addressing inequities is increasingly featured in discussions to legalize cannabis supply and adult possession for nonmedical purposes. While there is... 2021
James L. Buchwalter, J.D. Cause of Action Under Whistleblower Provision of Surface Transportation Assistance Act, 49 U.S.C.A. § 31105(a) 99 COA2d 537 (2021) [Causes of Action Second Series] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   This article presents a plaintiff's practice guide for bringing a cause of action under the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA), 49 U.S.C.A. § 31105(a), which prohibits retaliation by employers against truck driver employees who complain about safety violations or refuse to drive a vehicle because of... 2021
Eric Tars , Tamar Ezer , Melanie Ng , David Stuzin , Conor Arevalo CHALLENGING DOMESTIC INJUSTICE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY: ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES 42 Cardozo L. Rev. 913 (June, 2021) [Cardozo Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   This Article explores how international human rights norms and procedures can serve as a powerful tool in addressing injustice in the United States context, using work addressing the criminalization of homelessness as a case study. Moreover, it explores how civil and political rights and negative obligations by the government can serve as an entry... 2021
Jordan Williams Clyburn: Graham 'ought to be ashamed of himself' for calling aid to Black farmers 'reparations' (3/10/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) says that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) ought to be ashamed of himself" for calling aid to Black farmers "reparations.'" 2021
Bridget Lavender COERCION, CRIMINALIZATION, AND CHILD 'PROTECTION': HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS' REPRODUCTIVE LIVES 169 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1607 (April, 2021) [University of Pennsylvania Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized the constitutional importance of reproductive autonomy. However, for the unhoused the guarantees of this right can be seen as fictitious promises. This Comment aims to explore the continuum of limitations on reproductive autonomy faced by homeless individuals, and its implications for reproductive rights... 2021
  Complaint (9/14/2021) Trial Court Documents   Plaintiffs Dr. Adrian Douglas and Dr. Bruce Douglas (collectively, Plaintiffs), for their complaint against The Board of Trustees (the Board) of Cloud County Community College (the... 2021
  Complaint (8/30/2021) Trial Court Documents   Plaintiffs Russell Ellis, Jr., Gabriel Golden, Hamani Nowlen, Damien Taylor, and Karinn Young bring this complaint against Defendant University of Washington Police Department (UWPD) and... 2021
  Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and for Injunctive Relief (7/1/2021) Trial Court Documents   Andy Hope Williams Jr brings this action against the named States to declare that the language in their constitution is cruel, unusual and violates the human rights of the people to be free... 2021
  Complaint for Injunctive Relief (12/20/2021) Trial Court Documents   FN1. N.H. Dep't of Education, Performance Assessment of Competency Education 2021
Fern L. Kletter, J.D. Construction and Application of the 1951 Treaty of Peace with Japan 192 A.L.R. Fed. 163 (Originally published in 2004) (2021) [American Law Reports ALR Federal] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The Treaty of Peace with Japan ending the Second World War was signed on September 8, 1951. In the course of the war, thousands of Allied soldiers and civilians taken captive by the Japanese military were used as slave laborers by private Japanese companies. The recent enactment of a statute in California creating a cause of action for Second World... 2021
Ali Johnson COPYRIGHTING TIKTOK DANCES: CHOREOGRAPHY IN THE INTERNET AGE 96 Wash. L. Rev. 1225 (October, 2021) [Washington Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Abstract: TikTok is a video-sharing social media application that launched in 2018 and has grown wildly since its inception. Many users are drawn to the platform by dance challenges--short dance routines of varying complexity set to popular songs that are recreated by other users, eventually going viral (i.e., recreated on a massive scale by... 2021
Joonu-Noel Andrews Coste COVID-19, HEALTH JUSTICE, AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SPACE: A NEW CRITICAL INTERSECTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CREATING A PRESCRIPTION FOR EQUAL WELL-BEING AND APPLIED TO ADDRESSING HEALTH OF CHILDREN RESIDING IN PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS 43 Campbell L. Rev. 309 (Spring, 2021) [Campbell Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   When day comes we ask ourselves, / where can we find light in this never-ending shade? / The loss we carry, / a sea we must wade / We've braved the belly of the beast / We've learned that quiet isn't always peace / And the norms and notions / of what just is / Isn't always justice / And yet the dawn is ours / before we knew it / Somehow we do it /... 2021
E. Tendayi Achiume , Devon W. Carbado CRITICAL RACE THEORY MEETS THIRD WORLD APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW 67 UCLA L. Rev. 1462 (April, 2021) [UCLA Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   By and large, Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) exist in separate epistemic universes. This Article argues that the borders between these two fields are unwarranted. Specifically, the Article articulates six parallel ways in which CRT and TWAIL have exposed and challenged the racial dimensions of... 2021
  Democrats debate timing and wisdom of reparations vote 2021 WL 1511472 (4/17/2021) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Reparations advocates notched a historic victory this week when a House committee approved, for the first time, legislation to study whether Black Americans should receive restitution for slavery. 2021
Jordan Brewington DISMANTLING THE MASTER'S HOUSE: REPARATIONS ON THE AMERICAN PLANTATION 130 Yale L.J. 2160 (June, 2021) [Yale Law Journal] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   In southeastern Louisiana, many plantations still stand along River Road, a stretch of the route lining the Mississippi River that connects the former slave ports and present-day cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Black communities along River Road have long experienced these plantations as sites of racialized harm. This Note constructs a... 2021
John Reynolds EMERGENCY AND MIGRATION, RACE AND THE NATION 67 UCLA L. Rev. 1768 (April, 2021) [UCLA Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Europe's borders are racial borders. The European Union's external border regime underpins continuing forms of European imperialism and neocolonialism. It reinforces a particular imaginary of Europeanness as whiteness, euphemistically dressed up as a European Way of Life to be protected. It nonetheless sits comfortably within the permissible... 2021
Elizabeth C. Tippett ENSLAVED AGENTS: BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS NEGOTIATED BY SLAVES IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH 63 Ariz. L. Rev. 923 (Winter 2021) [Arizona Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   This Article explores the law of agency as applied to enslaved workers in the Antebellum South between 1798 and 1863. In particular, I examine legal disputes involving the delegation of agency power to enslaved workers. Southern courts generally accepted that an enslaved worker could serve as business agent for his or her slaveholder, which often... 2021
Kevin Woodson ENTRENCHED RACIAL HIERARCHY: EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY FROM THE CRADLE TO THE LSAT 105 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 481 (Spring, 2021) [Minnesota Law Review Headnotes] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   For my contribution to this special issue of the Minnesota Law Review, I will attempt to situate the problem of black underrepresentation at Americas law schools within the broader context of racial hierarchy in American society. The former has generated an extensive body of legal scholarship and commentary, centering primarily on the racial impact... 2021
Kevin Woodson ENTRENCHED RACIAL HIERARCHY: EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY FROM THE CRADLE TO THE LSAT 47 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. 224 (November, 2021) [Mitchell Hamline Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   For my contribution to this special issue of the Minnesota Law Review, I will attempt to situate the problem of black underrepresentation at America's law schools within the broader context of racial hierarchy in American society. The former has generated an extensive body of legal scholarship and commentary, centering primarily on the racial... 2021
Philip White Jr., J.D. Exceptions to Jurisdictional Immunity of Foreign States and Their Property Under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 U.S.C.A. § 1605(a)(2))-Commercial Activity Elsewhere with Direct Effect in United States Not Found Under Standard Adopted in Repu 63 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 249 (Originally published in 2012) (2021) [American Law Reports ALR Federal 2d] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The third clause of the commercial activity exception in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 U.S.C.A. § 1605(a)(2)) provides that a foreign state will not enjoy sovereign immunity in federal or state courts where the action is based upon an act outside the U.S. territory in connection with the foreign state's commercial activity... 2021
Jessica A. Shoemaker FEE SIMPLE FAILURES: RURAL LANDSCAPES AND RACE 119 Mich. L. Rev. 1695 (June, 2021) [Michigan Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Property law's roots are rural. America pursued an early agrarian vision that understood real property rights as instrumental to achieving a country of free, engaged citizens who cared for their communities and stewarded their physical place in it. But we have drifted far from this ideal. Today, American agriculture is industrialized, and rural... 2021
Paul Butler FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE CRIMINAL LAW 92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1443 (Special Issue 2021) [University of Colorado Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Twenty-four years later, je ne regrette rien. I do not mean that I got everything exactly right, but I miss my youthful exuberance. I wonder, in the words of Birdman, What happened to that boy? Here is one of the passages that, introspect, seems most poignant: I argue that but for the fruits of slavery and entrenched racism, African Americans... 2021
Eric K. Yamamoto , Susan K. Serrano FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF RACIALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1383 (Special Issue 2021) [University of Colorado Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Systemic racism! The burgeoning 2020 Black Lives Matter protests vaulted this formerly whispered phrase into mainstream public consciousness. Through news headlines, social media, educational classes, opinion essays, word of mouth, and more, America grappled with the enormity of racism as a form of oppression of people and communities, as... 2021
Allan E. Korpela, LL.B. Fraud, misrepresentation, or deception as estopping reliance on statute of limitations 43 A.L.R.3d 429 (Originally published in 1972) (2021) [American Law Reports ALR3d] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   This annotation collects those cases which discuss generally the availability to the plaintiff of the doctrine of equitable estoppel to deprive the defendant of the defense of the statute of limitations where the primary ground advanced in support of estoppel is that plaintiff was induced by fraudulent conduct, misrepresentation, or deception, on... 2021
Brianne Donovan FROM THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE: A REALISTIC ANALYSIS AND APPROACH FOR ADVANCING BOARD DIVERSITY 24 Rich. Pub. Int. L. Rev. 115 (5/14/2021) [Richmond Public Interest Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   With companies increasingly promoting diversity and inclusion measures, how are they ensuring diversity and inclusion within their own leadership teams? The landscape for gender diversity within corporate boards is bleak and the landscape for racial diversity is worse. Throw in the intersection of race and gender and the picture becomes even... 2021
Darryl Li GENRES OF UNIVERSALISM: READING RACE INTO INTERNATIONAL LAW, WITH HELP FROM SYLVIA WYNTER 67 UCLA L. Rev. 1686 (April, 2021) [UCLA Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Taking note of the relatively limited accounts of race in contemporary international legal doctrine, this Article posits a thought experiment: What would international legal theorizing look like not from the place of the metropole or the colony, but rather from the journey of the enslaved, from the barracoon to the hold of the slave ship to the... 2021
Cristina Marcos GOP struggles to rein in nativism (4/19/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   House GOP leaders are struggling to rein in the increasingly open nativism within their conference and attempting to deflect from the controversy by training their ire against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). 2021
John Bowden Graham on COVID-19 aid to Black farmers: 'That's reparations' (3/10/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday sharply criticized a planned $5 billion fund for debt repayment targeting disadvantaged farmers in the COVID-19 stimulus package set to be passed by the House this week, calling it reparations."" 2021
Joerika Stitt GUN VIOLENCE AND DE FACTO SEGREGATION: COULD ENVIRONMENTAL DISCRIMINATION BE FUELING CHICAGO'S SOARING GUN VIOLENCE? 11 Wake Forest J.L. & Pol'y 395 (2021) [Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Shirley Chambers is a Chicago resident who has experienced the unimaginable: her four children, three sons and one daughter, were all shot and killed in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood. After her first three children were murdered, Ms. Chambers recalled feeling sadder for her last remaining son more than she felt for herself. She reported, I... 2021
Troy J.H. Andrade HAWAI'I '78: COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND THE UNTOLD LEGAL HISTORY OF REPARATIVE ACTION FOR KNAKA MAOLI 24 U. Pa. J. L. & Soc. Change 85 (2021) [University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Abstract. Constructed from years of archival and legal research, and in-depth interviews, this Article unearths the story of Native Hawaiians who, tired of failed promises and hollow apologies, in 1978 capitalized on an indigenous cultural and political revival to change the law and secure reparative action. The Native Hawaiian community... 2021
Todd Anthony Walker HEALING RACISM'S WOUNDS: ON RACIAL RECKONING & OBAMA'S "A PROMISED LAND" 6 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. Online 34 (11/11/2021) [Columbia Human Rights Law Review Online] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Legal controversies surrounding race and racism have persisted in America from its inception, but not without intervention. Supreme Court decisions in Dred Scott, Plessy and Brown trace the Court's jurisprudential evolution while, legislatively, the passage of the post-civil rights Amendments, and, more recently, The Civil Rights Act of 1964,... 2021
Ndjuoh MehChu HELP ME TO FIND MY CHILDREN: A THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT CHALLENGE TO FAMILY SEPARATION 17 Stan. J. Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 133 (February, 2021) [Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The Trump Administration's forced separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border is an international fault line in the global human rights framework. The scope, severity, and urgency of the issue speak clearly to the need for a diversity of strategies to protect migrant groups. With that in mind, this Article draws attention to a thus-far... 2021
Jennifer M. Smith , Elliot O. Jackson HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: A MODEL FOR AMERICAN EDUCATION 14 Fla. A & M U. L. Rev. 103 (Winter, 2021) [Florida A & M University Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The whole world opened to me when I learned to read. ~ Mary McLeod Bethune Hungry for freedom and knowledge, enslaved Blacks engaged in a massive general strike against slavery by transferring their labor from the Confederate planter to the Northern invader, and this decided the Civil War. In 1865, the North conquered the South, and slavery... 2021
Abby Oakland HOLDING PEACEKEEPERS ACCOUNTABLE: HAITI AND CHOLERA 62 Va. J. Int'l L. 235 (Fall, 2021) [Virginia Journal of International Law] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Accountability for humanitarian actors is a challenging space in international law. Although the different bodies of law states have developed address various actors in various settings, gaps persist. A particularly challenging group to regulate, humanitarian actors often fall outside existing legal frameworks. Humanitarian actors do not fit... 2021
Rachel D. Godsil, Sarah E. Waldeck HOME EQUITY: RETHINKING RACE AND FEDERAL HOUSING POLICY 98 Denv. L. Rev. 523 (Spring, 2021) [Denver Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Neighborhoods shape every element of our lives. Where we live determines economic opportunities; our exposure to police and pollution; and the availability of positive amenities for a healthy life. Home inequity--both financial and racial--is not accidental. Federal government programs have armed white people with agency to construct white spaces... 2021
Marty Johnson House panel approves bill to set up commission on reparations (4/14/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Legislation that would create a federal exploratory commission on reparations for Black Americans was approved Wednesday by a House committee for the first time, setting up a vote by the full Congress if Democratic leaders choose to bring it to the House floor. 2021
Marty Johnson House subpanel to hold hearing on reparations for Black Americans (2/16/2021) [The Hill] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   A House Judiciary subcommittee will host a hearing Wednesday to discuss the creation of a commission that would explore reparations for Black Americans, an idea long floated in Congress that has gained traction over the past year. 2021
  IL LEGIS 101-657 (2020) S.B. 1608 2020 Ill. Legis. Serv. P.A. 101-657 (S.B. 1608) (WEST) (Approved: March 23, 2021) Legislation (Proposed & Enacted)   AN ACT concerning State government. 2021
  IL LEGIS 102-29 (2021) S.B. 166 2021 Ill. Legis. Serv. P.A. 102-29 (S.B. 166) (WEST) (Approved: June 25, 2021) Legislation (Proposed & Enacted)   AN ACT concerning State government. 2021
Jim Hilbert IMPROVING POLICE OFFICER ACCOUNTABILITY IN MINNESOTA: THREE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE REFORMS 47 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. 222 (February, 2021) [Mitchell Hamline Law Review] Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   I. Introduction. 223 II. Minnesota's Past and Present: Racism and Police Abuse Followed by Studies and Inaction. 233 A. Minnesota History. 233 1. The Largest Mass Execution in the Country. 233 2. The Northernmost Lynching on Record. 235 B. Decades of Studies and Reports with the Same Conclusions (and the Same Inaction). 236 C. Past Signs of... 2021
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