The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White [Discussion]Posted in History, Identity Development/Psychology, Law, Live Events, Media Archive, Passing, United States, Videos on 2011-05-25 21:57Z by Steven |
The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White [Discussion]
Lillian Goldman Law Library
Yale University
2011-03-07
Daniel J. Sharfstein, Professor of Law
Vanderbilt University
Moderator: Claire Priest, Professor of Law
Yale University
The Lillian Goldman Law Library together with the Yale Law School Legal History Forum and the Yale Black Law Students Association invite you to a discussion featuring an important new book by Professor Daniel J. Sharfstein, with critical commentary by Professor Claire Priest.
The Invisible Line unravels the stories of three families who represent the complexity of race in America and force us to rethink our basic assumptions about who we are. For example, one of the families that started out black produced a Yale-educated Confederate general! This book has been called a “must read” by major scholars spanning the fields of legal history and African American Studies. It is written with the sensitivity of a novelist from the perspective of a legal scholar and provides a fascinating account of how laws and court decisions help shape racial attitudes.
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