Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Problem of Race and Representation 1
4. 1. The Idea of the Representative Negro 12
5. 2. Racial Identity and the Marketplace for Lawyers 38
6. 3. The Role of the Courtroom in an Era of Segregation 61
7. 4. A Shifting Racial Identity in a Southern Courtroom 83
8. 5. Young Thurgood Marshall Joins the Brotherhood of the Bar 111
9. 6. A Woman in a Fraternity of Lawyers 131
10. 7. Things Fall Apart 154
11. 8. The Strange Journey of Loren Miller 181
12. 9. The Trials of Pauli Murray 207
13. 10. A Lawyer as the Face of Integration in Postwar America 234
14. Conclusion: Race and Representation in a New Century 265
15. Notes 271
16. Acknowledgments 319
17. Index 323