The Legacy of Trailblazing African American Attorneys of Baltimore City
Presented by Domonique Flowers
For generations, Black lawyers in Maryland have used the legal system to combat racial discrimination. Attorney and historian Domonique Flowers reveals how late-19th-century Black attorneys laid the groundwork with their legal challenges to segregation. The second generation went even further, turning the law into a mechanism to advance Black rights in many arenas.
Domonique Flowers is an attorney whose experience spans the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Adjunct professor of American legal history at the University of Baltimore. Earned a J.D. from Howard University and an M.A. in history from UMBC.
