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Intersectionality and the Careers of Black Women Lawyers
Results from the Harvard Law School Black Alumni Survey
DAVID B. WILKINS and BRYON FONG
On January 10, 2017, President Barack Obama delivered his formal farewell address to the country in Chicago, the city that had given him his political start. In reflecting on the achievements and challenges of his two terms in office, the president paid special attention to an issue that he knew would, for better and for worse, define his presidency: race. In the simple yet elegant language that even his harshest critics have come to respect, the president said this about the state of race relations after eight years of the Age of Obama: “After my election, there was talk about a post-racial ...
