Jim Crow in New York

Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Professor of Law,
Harvard Law School, David Harris, Managing Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for
Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, Darrick Northington, Harvard Law School, David Gellman,
Associate Professor, DePauw University, David Quigley, Professor, Boston College, as well as the
historians and archivists at the New York Historical Society, the New York State Archives and the New
York State Library. We also thank Ryan Haygood of NAACP-LDF and Juan Cartagena of the Community
Service Society, and Michael Waldman, Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Susan Lehman, Myrna
Pérez, Jeanine Plant-Chirlin, Jonathan Blitzer, Laura Seago, Theresa Lee, Dina Hardy, Daniel Wolf,
Cristina Gallo, Ben Guthorn and Sarah Nadler, all of the Brennan Center for Justice.
The Brennan Center thanks Atlantic Philanthropies, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Democracy
Alliance, Educational Foundation of America, Ford Foundation, Mitchell Kapor Foundation, Moveon.org
Civic Action, Open Society Institute and an anonymous donor for their generous support
that made this report possible. The statements made and views expressed in this report are solely the
responsibility of the Brennan Center.