“It had long been true, and prisoners knew this better than anyone, that the poorer you were the more likely you were to end up in jail. This was not just because the poor committed more crimes. In fact, they did. The rich did not have to commit crimes to get what they wanted; the laws were on their side. But when the rich did commit crimes, they often were not prosecuted, and if they were they could get out on bail, hire clever lawyers, get better treatment from judges. Somehow, the jails ended up full of poor black people.” PeopleIfsLongEndsFactsWantedLawSidesBlackPoorRichCrimeJudgingPrisonCommittedLawyerCleverCommitGet BetterTreatmentJailPrisonerBlack PeopleBail Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
“to speak as black, female, and commercial lawyer has rendered me simultaneously universal, trendy, and marginal.” SpeakBlackFemaleUniversalLawyerTrendy Author:Patricia J. Williams
“My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into our community to open up the public schools to black kids.” StillsKidsSchoolRememberParentBlackCommunityPoorLawyerShoreEasternRemember WhenPublic SchoolOur CommunityRural Communities Author:Bryan Stevenson