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22 Berkeley J. Afr.-Am. L. & Pol'y 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/afamlpol22 and id is 1 raw text is: Racial and Ethnic Ancestry of the Nation's Black Law Students: An Analysis of Data from the LSSSE Survey Kevin D. Brown* and Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt** INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 2 I. CHANGING RACIAL AND ETHNIC ANCESTRIES OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BEGAN............................ 6 A. Historical Race and Ethnicity of Black People at the Commencement of Affirmative Action ...................................... 6 B. Current Racial and Ethnic Ancestry of Black People ................... 8 C. Impact of Change in Census Definitions on the Ability to Collect Data on Race and Ethnicity of Black Law Students.......... 10 II. T H E D A TA SETS........................................................................................ 11 A . The 2019 LSSSE D ata................................................................ 12 B . The A C S PU M S D ata................................................................ 17 III. RESULTS ......................................................................................................20 A. Socioeconomic Factors of Material Well-Being of the Various G roups of B lack People .............................................................. 20 B. The Representation of Ascendant and Successive Blacks A m ong Law Students................................................................. 21 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38CN6Z10J *. Richard S. Melvin Professor, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law; B.S., Indiana University, 1978; J.D., Yale Law School, 1982. The authors would like to thank their colleagues who reviewed and commented on this Article including Rachel Moran, Jeff Stake, Victor Quintanilla and the members of the Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, Faculty Colloquium. An earlier draft of this Article was presented at the Empirical Research Section of the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting held via Zoom on January 6, 2022. **. Willard and Margaret Carr Professor of Labor and Employment Law, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law; B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1978; M.A., Economics, University of Michigan, 1981; J.D., University of Michigan, 1981; Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 1984. Professor Dau-Schmidt would like to dedicate this Article to the many talented Black law students he has taught over the years, including: Ronald Brown '94, Malcolm Thompson '96, Christopher Boles '97, Octavia Snulligan '97, Garmell Hudson '98, Bryan Johnson '99, Anita Scott '99, Terrance Stroud '02, Terrance Tharpe '03, Jesulon Gibbs '04, Kevin Renee Mason Smith '06, Kimberly Richardson '06, Joshua Hamm '06, Aleka Jones '07, Rory Lane '10, Chenese Brown '11, Lauren Outlaw '11, Christopher Kimbrough '12, Derricka Burton '12, Clement Warr '13, Mahja Zeon '14, Andrea Douglas '17, Devon Brown '19, Joanetta Fields van Rijn '19. 1

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