Melissa Milewski
ARTICLES
“Reframing Black Southerners’ Experiences in the Courts, 1865-1950.” Law & Social Inquiry 44:4
(November 2019), 1113-1140.
“Taking their Former Masters to Court: Cases Between Former Slaves and Former Masters in the
Post-emancipation South.” Slavery & Abolition 40:2 (June 2019), 240-255. Part of a themed issue on civil cases involving African Americans during slavery and emancipation.
“Slavery, Freedom, and Law in the Civil War Era.” Slavery & Abolition 40:2 (June 2019), 219-224.
Introduction co-written with Kelly Kennington for themed issue.
“New Directions in the Historiography of African Americans and the Law in the Antebellum United States.” Slavery & Abolition 40:3 (Sept. 2019), 606-613.
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"Justice in an Unjust World: The Untold Story of Civil Cases Between Black and White Litigants in the Segregated South," History Today, June 2018. Click here to view article
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"Rethinking the Role of the Courts in the Lives of Black Southerners," The American Historian, November 2017.
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"From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-War South, 1865-1920" Law & History Review 30, no. 3 (Aug. 2012): 723-769.
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Selected Online Articles and Posts:
"Can we Count on the Courts to Curb Trump?" History News Network, December 2017. Click here to view article.
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"African Americans’ Civil Cases in the Jim Crow South," Black Perspectives, November 2017.
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"What Kinds of Civil Cases Black Southerners Litigated Against Whites in Southern Courts, 1900-1950," Legal History Blog, November 2017.
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"What Kind of Civil Cases Black Southerners Litigated Against Whites in Southern Courts, 1865-1899," Legal History Blog, November 2017.
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"How Black Litigants Shaped Their Civil Cases Against Whites," Legal History Blog, November 2017.
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"Why African Americans Were Able To Litigate and Win Civil Cases Against Whites in the Jim Crow South," Legal History Blog, November 2017.
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"How to Find Civil Cases Between White and Black Southerners in State Court Records," Legal History Blog, November 2017.