Mary L. Dudziak

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Mary L. Dudziak
Born (1956-06-15) June 15, 1956 (age 67)[1][2]
Oakland, California, U.S.[2]
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Law professor, legal theorist, civil rights historian
Known forHistory of the civil rights movement, foreign policy and international relations expert
Websitewww.marydudziak.com

Mary Louise Dudziak (born 1956),

legal theorist, civil rights historian, educator, and a leading foreign policy and international relations expert.[2] She is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University.[3]

Her research has examined the intersection of race, civil rights, and the surprising influence of Cold War politics in accelerating the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dudziak is also a leading biographical scholar of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Her work has examined his role and influence in spreading American legal ideals and values abroad.

Career

Before joining Emory University, Dudziak was the Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law, History and Political Science at the

University of Maryland
.

Publications

  • September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? (2003)
  • Legal Borderlands: Law and the Construction of American Borders (2006)
  • Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy (2011)[4][5][6]
  • Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey (2011)
  • War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences (2012)
  • Cold War Civil Rights: The Relationship between Civil Rights and Foreign Affairs in the Truman Administration (1992) (dissertation)

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