Foreword: Looking Back to Move Forward: Exploring the Legacy of U.S. Slavery

Authors

Suzette Malveaux, Washington and Lee University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Title

University of Colorado Law Review

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

This year, the 30th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber Conference brought together scholars, lawyers, and community leaders from all over the country to discuss one of the most salient issues today—the legacy of U.S. slavery. Centuries of systemic racism and discrimination following the brutal chattel slavery of African Americans has resulted in Black Americans disproportionately faring worse on virtually every economic and social measure today. Metrics along education, housing, health, environment, and justice axes reveal a country still divided along racialized fault lines. Following the through line from slavery to the present brings us to an uncomfortable place. This is where we asked our conference participants to sit this year.

Recommended Citation

Suzette Malveaux, Foreword: Looking Back to Move Forward: Exploring the Legacy of U.S. Slavery, 94 U. Colo. L. Rev. 373 (2023).