Professor Kate Masur’s book, “Until Justice Be Done” wins the American Historical Association’s Littleton-Griswold Prize

History Professor Kate Masur’s book Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction has won the American Historical Association’s Littleton-Griswold Prize as the best book on American law and society, broadly defined.

Masur’s work details the events leading up to the 1866 Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment — pieces of legislation that marked the inception of the first civil rights movement.

Professor Kate Masur’s book, “Until Justice Be Done,” examines the first civil rights movement in the early days of the republic

Professor Kate Masur discusses her new book on NPR’s Morning Edition: ‘Until Justice Be Done’ Examines Northern Free States’ So-Called Black Laws

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