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{{Infobox person
| name = W. Lewis Burke
| birth_name = William Lewis Burke Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1948}}
| birth_place = United States
| education = [[Mississippi State University]],<br /> [[University of South Carolina School of Law]]
| occupation = Lawyer, historian, educator, researcher, editor, author
| known_for = Law, American history, African American history, race relations
}}
'''William Lewis Burke Jr.''' (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burke, William Lewis |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90719472.html |website=LC Name Authority File (LCNAF)}}</ref> is an American historian, lawyer, academic, editor, and author. He is a distinguished [[professor emeritus]] at the [[Joseph F. Rice School of Law]] at [[University of South Carolina]] (USC).<ref name="sc">{{Cite web |others={{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=July 2024}} |title=W. Lewis Burke |url=https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/law/faculty_and_staff/directory/burke_lewis.php |website=Joseph F. Rice School of Law, University of South Carolina}}</ref> His work focuses on American history, law, and race relations.


== Biography ==
He has authored books on law, history, race relations, and African Americans.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2004-05-18 |title=The Players |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-the-players/150958983/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |work=The State |pages=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He co-edited a book about American judge [[Matthew J. Perry]] in 2004.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-05-24 |title=USC researchers to study race relations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-usc-researchers-to-s/150960699/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |work=The Greenville News |pages=19 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=August 1, 2011 |title=S.C. Loses Civil Rights Legend Judge Matthew Perry |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/08/01/138899265/s-c-loses-civil-rights-legend-judge-matthew-perry |website=NPR}}</ref> Burke's 2017 book, ''All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968'' is about African American lawyers in South Carolina from the [[Reconstruction era]] until 1968. It was described as "definitive" by [[Hyman Rubin]] in ''[[The South Carolina Historical Magazine]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/45283248|title=Reviewed work: All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968. Southern Legal Studies, W. Lewis Burke|author=Rubin, Hyman|year=2017|journal=The South Carolina Historical Magazine|volume=118|issue=4|pages=323–325|jstor=45283248 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> He has appeared on [[C-SPAN]].<ref>{{Cite web |others={{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=July 2024}} |title=W. Lewis Burke Jr. |url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?102467/WLewisBurkeJr |website=www.C-SPAN.org}}</ref>


Burke was a professor at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at University of South Carolina (USC) from 1982 to 2015;<ref name="sc" /> a chairman for the clinical legal studies department at USC from 2002 to 2015; and was an affiliate faculty for the African American studies department at USC.<ref name=":2" />{{when|date=July 2024}}
'''William Lewis Burke Jr.''' is a lawyer, historian, professor, and author. He is a professor at the [[University of South Carolina School of Law]].<ref name=sc/> He wrote a book about [[Matthew Perry]].<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/08/01/138899265/s-c-loses-civil-rights-legend-judge-matthew-perry</ref>


==Publications==
Video of him giving a talk is on [[C-Span]].<ref>https://www.c-span.org/person/?102467/WLewisBurkeJr</ref>


==Works==
=== As author ===

*''All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968''
* {{Cite book |title=Consumer Law and Practice in South Carolina |publisher=South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education Division |year=1990 |isbn=9780943856186|last=Burke|first=W. Lewis}}
*''At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina'' (2000)<ref>https://ugapress.org/author/w-lewis-burke/</ref>
* {{Cite book |last=Burke |first=W. Lewis |title=All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |year=2017 |isbn=9780820350981 |series=Southern Legal Studies Series}}<ref name=":1" />
*''Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times and His Legacy'' (2004)

*''The Dawn of Religious Freedom in South Carolina'' (2007)
=== As editor ===
*''Madam Chief Justice: South Carolina’s Jean Hoefer Toal''<ref name=sc>https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/law/faculty_and_staff/directory/burke_lewis.php</ref>
*{{Cite book |title=At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina |date=2000 |publisher=[[University of South Carolina Press]] |others=[[Eric Foner]] (contributor) |isbn=9781570033575 |editor-last=Underwood |editor-first=James Lowell |editor-last2=Burke, Jr. |editor-first2=W. Lewis}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dale |first=Elizabeth |date=2002-05-01 |title=At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina. |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=00224642&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA86192322&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=Journal of Southern History |language=English |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=471–473|doi=10.2307/3069974 |jstor=3069974 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.hfsbooks.com/books/at-freedoms-door-underwood-burke-foner/ |title=At Freedom's Door – HFS Books |date=2005-04-05 |isbn=978-1-57003-586-9 |language=en-US |last1=Underwood |first1=James Lowell |last2=Burke |first2=William Lewis |publisher=University of South Carolina Press }}</ref>
*{{Cite book |title=Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times and His Legacy |date=2004 |publisher=[[University of South Carolina Press]] |isbn=9781570035340 |editor-last=Burke Jr. |editor-first=W. Lewis |editor-last2=Gergel |editor-first2=Belinda F.}} (2004)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-05-30 |title=Book Reviews: 'Matthew J. Perry' Edited by W. Lewis Burke and Belinda F. Gergel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/florence-morning-news-book-reviews-mat/150960494/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |work=Florence Morning News |pages=30 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*{{Cite book |title=The Dawn of Religious Freedom in South Carolina |date=2006 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |others=Walter Edgar (introduction) |isbn=9781570036217 |editor-last=Burke |editor-first=W. Lewis |editor-last2=Underwood |editor-first2=James Lowell}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2019 |title=History Lecture Series: "William J. Whipper and Jonathan Jasper Wright: Beaufort and South Carolina's First Civil Rights Lawyers" with W. Lewis Burke |url=https://beauforthistorymuseum.wildapricot.org/event-3119022 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Beaufort History Museum}}</ref>
*{{Cite book |title=Madam Chief Justice: South Carolina's Jean Hoefer Toal |date=2015 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |others=[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] (introduction), [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] (forward) |isbn=9781611176926 |editor-last=Burke Jr. |editor-first=W. Lewis |editor-last2=Assey |editor-first2=Joan P.}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:51, 23 July 2024

W. Lewis Burke
Born
William Lewis Burke Jr.

1948 (age 75–76)
United States
EducationMississippi State University,
University of South Carolina School of Law
Occupation(s)Lawyer, historian, educator, researcher, editor, author
Known forLaw, American history, African American history, race relations

William Lewis Burke Jr. (born 1948)[1] is an American historian, lawyer, academic, editor, and author. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at University of South Carolina (USC).[2] His work focuses on American history, law, and race relations.

Biography

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He has authored books on law, history, race relations, and African Americans.[3] He co-edited a book about American judge Matthew J. Perry in 2004.[3][4][5] Burke's 2017 book, All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968 is about African American lawyers in South Carolina from the Reconstruction era until 1968. It was described as "definitive" by Hyman Rubin in The South Carolina Historical Magazine.[6] He has appeared on C-SPAN.[7]

Burke was a professor at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at University of South Carolina (USC) from 1982 to 2015;[2] a chairman for the clinical legal studies department at USC from 2002 to 2015; and was an affiliate faculty for the African American studies department at USC.[3][when?]

Publications

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As author

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  • Burke, W. Lewis (1990). Consumer Law and Practice in South Carolina. South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education Division. ISBN 9780943856186.
  • Burke, W. Lewis (2017). All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968. Southern Legal Studies Series. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820350981.[6]

As editor

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References

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  1. ^ "Burke, William Lewis". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).
  2. ^ a b "W. Lewis Burke". Joseph F. Rice School of Law, University of South Carolina. [better source needed].{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ a b c "The Players". The State. 2004-05-18. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-07-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "USC researchers to study race relations". The Greenville News. 2003-05-24. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-07-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Chappell, Bill (August 1, 2011). "S.C. Loses Civil Rights Legend Judge Matthew Perry". NPR.
  6. ^ a b Rubin, Hyman (2017). "Reviewed work: All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968. Southern Legal Studies, W. Lewis Burke". The South Carolina Historical Magazine. 118 (4): 323–325. JSTOR 45283248 – via JSTOR.
  7. ^ "W. Lewis Burke Jr". www.C-SPAN.org. [better source needed].{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ Dale, Elizabeth (2002-05-01). "At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina". Journal of Southern History. 68 (2): 471–473. doi:10.2307/3069974. JSTOR 3069974.
  9. ^ Underwood, James Lowell; Burke, William Lewis (2005-04-05). At Freedom's Door – HFS Books. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-586-9.
  10. ^ "Book Reviews: 'Matthew J. Perry' Edited by W. Lewis Burke and Belinda F. Gergel". Florence Morning News. 2004-05-30. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-07-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "History Lecture Series: "William J. Whipper and Jonathan Jasper Wright: Beaufort and South Carolina's First Civil Rights Lawyers" with W. Lewis Burke". Beaufort History Museum. February 7, 2019. Retrieved 2024-07-09.