Freedom Is A Constant Struggle

The Robert Crown Law Library and the Black Law Students Association invite you to celebrate and experience some of the incredible books in our collection for Black History Month. The books listed on this site are only a sampling of the Stanford Libraries' collection. If you would like additional reading recommendations, please reach out to reference@law.stanford.edu.

You are able to check out any book listed on this site! Loan periods and request processing time may vary depending on which campus library the book comes from. But regardless of whether a book is at Green, Law, or any of the other campus libraries, you can request the book through the accompanying SearchWorks links and make an appointment to pick it up in front of the Crown building. Or, if you are unable to pick up material in person or would like to review a section of a publication for longer than the check out period, please request a scan of the section you are interested in. Keep in mind that scan requests are subject to copyright.

The Black Law Students Association at Stanford Law School was founded in 1970 and is dedicated to the social, political, and economic progress of all Black people, at Stanford and beyond. From our position as law students, we recognize the essential role that the law and legal actors — from law schools to courtrooms — have played in crafting and maintaining a system of domination over Black people, and we embrace the ongoing challenges of pinpointing and redressing those fundamental failures as we struggle for a free society. We believe that it is the province of the judiciary to tirelessly pursue justice, and it is the province of the people to demand it wherever and whenever it is lacking.