Jeffrey Winn

February 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Over the past 25 years, prosecutors have re-investigated approximately 100 murders that occurred during the 1950s and 1960s struggle to challenge "the racial order" of the South. Thirteen cases eventually produced convictions of 23 men. Professor Renee Romano of Oberlin College has written a perceptive book that analyzes the prosecutions and the phenomenon they created. More importantly, she raises hard questions about the premise that America is now a "color blind" society that has fully reckoned with its history of racial violence.

By Jeffrey Winn

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February 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Over the past 25 years, prosecutors have re-investigated approximately 100 murders that occurred during the 1950s and 1960s struggle to challenge "the racial order" of the South. Thirteen cases eventually produced convictions of 23 men. Professor Renee Romano of Oberlin College has written a perceptive book that analyzes the prosecutions and the phenomenon they created. More importantly, she raises hard questions about the premise that America is now a "color blind" society that has fully reckoned with its history of racial violence.

By Jeffrey Winn

6 minute read

December 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Looking back from the high hill of his 50 years of public service, Leon Panetta has written a memoir that contains thoughtful insights on the art of governing and the importance of compromise.

By Jeffrey Winn

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July 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

By Jeffrey Winn

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June 04, 2014 | New York Law Journal

By Jeffrey Winn

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May 06, 2014 | New York Law Journal

As the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 nears, it is appropriate that the first comprehensive biography has been published of Roy Wilkins, the executive director of the NAACP between 1955 and 1977.

By Jeffrey Winn

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March 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

By Jeffrey Winn

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November 14, 2013 | New York Law Journal

By Reviewed by Jeffrey Winn

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September 19, 2013 | New York Law Journal

By Jeffrey Winn

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October 16, 2012 | New York Law Journal

By Reviewed by Jeffrey Winn

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