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To Drink from the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation's Oldest Public University - Couverture souple

Kapur, Geeta N.

 
9781949467529: To Drink from the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation's Oldest Public University
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 194946752X ISBN 13 : 9781949467529
Editeur : John F Blair Publisher, 2021

Synopsis

Law professor and civil rights activist Geeta N. Kapur chronicles systemic racism in leadership, scholarship, and organizational foundations at the University of North Carolina.

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À propos de l'auteur

Geeta N. Kapur is a seasoned civil rights and criminal defense lawyer who has devoted her career to defending poor and oppressed racial minorities. Kapur was the lead pro bono lawyer for the North Carolina's NAACP Moral Monday protests, led by Reverend William Barber and received the prestigious North Carolina NAACP's Humanitarian of the Year Award for her service. She has argued landmark constitutional cases before the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. In 2012, Kapur provided written testimony to the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights hearing on the School to Prison Pipeline and in 2015 presented at a US Congress briefing on mass incarceration. She has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the top 100 criminal defense lawyers in North Carolina. Kapur has appeared on National Public Radio, Radio One, and local television and radio stations. She trained lawyers to respond to the mass protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the police murder of Keith Scott.

Kapur has taught an innovative pilot course on race and law at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Campbell Law School in Raleigh. Kapur graduated from both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's undergraduate business and graduate law schools. She is a native of Kenya and currently lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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Éditeur
John F Blair Publisher
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
194946752X
ISBN 13 
9781949467529
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
385
Coordonnées du fabricant
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