Black Judges on Justice: Perspectives from the Bench

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These interviews with African American judges draw out a wide range of outspoken views on, and insights into, justice and racial prejudice in the USA. From pioneers such as Leon Higginbotham and Constance Baker Motley (the first black female federal judge) to forthright mavericks such as Bruce Wright of New York City, the book provides analysis of the role of the jurist, of the daily malfunctioning of the courts, and of the future of the judicial system itself.

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Linn Washington is a graduate of the Masters of Studies in Law Journalism Fellowship Program at Yale Law School and was formerly the special assistant to Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix Jr. of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He lives in Philadelphia, where he is an assistant professor of journalism at Temple University.