Crossing the Bridge: African-Americans and the Necessity of a 21st Century Human Rights Movement

Authors

• Marissa Jackson Sow, University of Richmond School of LawFollow

Abstract

I had the honor of hearing Judge Joseph Greenaway give the keynote address at Columbia University's Black Law Students Association's Paul Robeson Gala in 2010. He gave a stirring speech, which has since been published in the Columbia Journal of Race and Law, entitled Have We Crossed the Bridge Yet? The title and theme of His Honor's speech is a reference to David Remnick's The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, which, in turn, invokes the metaphor of the bridge as a representation of the African-American struggle toward equality. ...

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Recommended Citation

Marissa Jackson Sow, Crossing the Bridge: African-Americans and the Necessity of a 21st Century Human Rights Movement, 5 Hum. Rts. & Globalization Rev. 56 (2014).