| Description |
xxxii, 302 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"She's no lady, she's a nigger": abuses, stereotypes, and realities from the middle passage to capitol (and Anita) Hill / Adele Logan Alexander -- The Hill-Thomas hearings--what took place and what happened: white male domination, black male domination, and the denigration of black women / A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. -- The power of false racial memory and the metaphor of lynching / Emma Coleman Jordan -- The crisis of gender relations among African Americans / Orlando Patterson -- The message of the verdict: a three-act morality play starring Clarence Thomas, Willie Smith, and Mike Tyson / Charles R. Lawrence -- Stopping sexual harassment: a challenge for community education / Robert L. Allen -- The people vs. Anita Hill: a case for client-centered advocacy / Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. -- From the senate judiciary committee to the country courthouse: the relevance of gender, race, and ethnicity to adjudication / Judith Resnik -- Sexual harassment law in the aftermath of the Hill-Thomas hearings / Susan Deller Ross -- Anita Hill and the year of the woman / Eleanor Holmes Norton -- The most riveting television: the Hill-Thomas hearings and popular culture / Anna Deavere Smith -- Marriage and patronage in the empowerment and disempowerment of African American women / Anita Faye Hill. |
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Thomas, Clarence, 1948-
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Hill, Anita.
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United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
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Sexual harassment of women -- Law and legislation.
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| Added Author |
Hill, Anita.
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Jordan, Emma Coleman.
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| ISBN |
0195087747 (acid-free paper) |
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