Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
New York City
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, JD/MA, is the author of Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present. Her most recent work is The U.S. Constitution: An African-American Context. She is the author of The Constitution: Major Cases and Conflicts.
She is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College (CUNY) where she teaches Constitutional Law, Race and the Law, and Evidence. She is also a member of the faculty of the Graduate Center of CUNY and the Gender Studies program faculty of John Jay College. Formerly a civil rights attorney, she litigated Civil Rights and Public Law cases for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Community Legal Services (Philadelphia), and Southern Poverty Law Center. Her academic work and advocacy focus on the protection of vulnerable groups under Constitutional and International law. She speaks on these issues locally, nationally, and internationally.
Gloria Browne-Marshall is the Founder/Director of The Law and Policy Group, Inc.. (L&PG, Inc.), a community think tank. The L&PG produces analyses of laws and policies affecting the lives of vulnerable groups including the only national report on the state of Black females in America, the "Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls(r)." www.lawandpolicygroup.org
She is an award-winning playwright. Seven of her plays have been produced. She writes under the name Gloria J. Browne. (see bibliography)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present - (foreword by Derrick Bell) published by Routledge. America's racial justice issues from the colonial period to present are examined. Race and education, voting rights, criminal justice, military, civil liberties, internationalism, and property ownership are viewed through the prism of legal cases highlighting how U.S. courts oppress and protect minority rights. racelawsociety.blogspot.com
The U.S. Constitution: The African American Context published by Law and Policy Group Press. We export the our Constitution around the world. Now, it's time to read it.
The Constitution: Major Cases and Conflicts published by Pearson.
The Haunted Woman, a forthcoming book.
Plays
by Gloria J. Browne
My Juilliard - a three character play in which the matriarch's struggle with Alzheimer's disease affects her daughter, a writer, and grand daughter, a pianist, as they confront the matriarch's troubled past.
Killing Me Softly - a seven character murder mystery set in a Black law firm explores class and gender clashes between women.
A Waltz Through Dark Places - an one act play examines the lingering pain of a Holocaust survivor's terrible secret.
Jeanine - an one woman, one act play in which planning a murder becomes murder for a woman who seeks revenge.
Waverly Place - an one man, one act play in which a ghost visits a neighborhood barber shop for a moment of life as usual.
Gloria is an award-winning playwright produced in New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee. Her plays explore issues of race, class, and the inter-generational consequences of our choices.
Short Stories
by Gloria J. Browne
Urban Ghost Stories - a collection of horror stories told by an urban narrator with a slanted point of view.
(to conserve space, published book chapters, articles, book reviews, and other dramatic works are unlisted)
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