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Charles L. Black, Jr. (1987)
Reflections on Teaching and Working in Constitution Law

Charles L. Black, Jr. was a renowned lawyer and professor who was involved in many of the major civil rights legal cases of the 20th century. He helped write the legal brief for Brown vs. the Board of Education and fought capital punishment. His books include Capital Punishment: the Inevitability of Caprice and Mistake and Impeachment: A Handbook, published during the Watergate hearings while President Richard Nixon was facing impeachment. The book was reissued in 1999, when President Bill Clinton was being impeached, and brought Black back into the spotlight. He was a jazz aficionado and published three volumes of poetry.