In the struggle against apartheid, one often overlooked group of
crusaders was the coterie of black lawyers who overcame the
Byzantine system that the government established oftentimes
explicitly to block the paths of its black citizens from achieving
justice.
Now, in their own voices, we have the narratives of many of
those lawyers as recounted in a series of oral interviews. Black
Lawyers, White Courts is their story and the anti-apartheid story
that has before now gone untold.
Professor Kenneth Broun conducted interviews with twenty-seven
black South African lawyers. They were asked to tell about their
lives, including their family backgrounds, education, careers, and
their visions for the future. In many instances they also discussed
their years in prison or exile, or under house arrest. Most told of
both education and careers interrupted because of the ongoing
struggle.
The story of the professional achievements of black lawyers in
South Africa -- indeed their very survival -- provides an example
of the triumph of individuals and, ultimately, of the law. Black
Lawyers, White Courts is about South Africa, and about black
professionals in that country, but the lessons its protagonists
teach extend far beyond circumstances, geography, or race.
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