Peggy Cooper Davis joined the NYU Law faculty in September 1983 after having served for three years as a judge of the Family Court of the State of New York and having engaged in the practice and administration of law during the preceding 10 years. Her 1997 book, Neglected Stories: The Constitution and Family Values, illuminated the importance of antislavery and civil rights traditions as guides to the scope and meaning of Fourteenth Amendment liberty interests.

Douglass Collective is a community of lawyers and activists working to promote a more inclusive vision of the Constitution. We believe that the abolition of slavery and the Reconstruction Amendments provide a powerful blueprint for a world where we are all more free. By raising awareness of the Constitution’s abolitionist roots, and building community and power around that vision, we will chart a more free and equal future.

Intro Music: "Fantastic Negro Type Beat 'Nigga Song Remix'" by BarzMakesBangers: https://youtu.be/egdj0jlsQHA?si=ddBCdOMxCvMIP4hT

Marlee Sonico is an attorney with the law firm of Cozen O'Conner. Before earning their J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, they worked as a staff assistant and voter protection assistant for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and as an operations associate for the Democratic National Committee.

Douglass Collective is a community of lawyers and activists working to promote a more inclusive vision of the Constitution. We believe that the abolition of slavery and the Reconstruction Amendments provide a powerful blueprint for a world where we are all more free. By raising awareness of the Constitution’s abolitionist roots, and building community and power around that vision, we will chart a more free and equal future.

Intro Music: "Fantastic Negro Type Beat 'Nigga Song Remix'" by BarzMakesBangers: https://youtu.be/egdj0jlsQHA?si=ddBCdOMxCvMIP4hT

James Gray Pope is the Distinguished Professor of Law and Sidney Reitman Scholar Emeritus at Rutgers University. Before joining Rutgers in 1986, he worked in a shipyard and represented labor unions at the Boston law firm of Segal, Roitman & Coleman. He has a doctorate in politics from Princeton and specializes in constitutional law, constitutional theory, and labor law.

Douglass Collective is a community of lawyers and activists working to promote a more inclusive vision of the Constitution. We believe that the abolition of slavery and the Reconstruction Amendments provide a powerful blueprint for a world where we are all more free. By raising awareness of the Constitution’s abolitionist roots, and building community and power around that vision, we will chart a more free and equal future.

Intro Music: "Fantastic Negro Type Beat 'Nigga Song Remix'" by BarzMakesBangers: https://youtu.be/egdj0jlsQHA?si=ddBCdOMxCvMIP4hT