Sheryll cashin biography books

American law professor and author

Sheryll D. Cashin (born December 15, 1961) is a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

She was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, where her parents were political activists.^[3] Her parents' role in the civil rights movement impressed on her the importance of political engagement, and instilled values that still influence her research and discussion.^[4]

Family and home

Political involvement and activism were ideals in Sheryll Cashin's family, leading her to pursue racial issues including segregation and inequality.

Sheryll D. Cashin is a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

Sheryll Cashin is an acclaimed author who writes about the US struggle with racism and inequality.

Sheryll Cashin is an acclaimed author who writes about the U.S. struggle with racism and inequality.

Sheryll Cashin, professor of law at Georgetown University, writes about race relations and inequality in America.

In , Cashin published The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining The American Dream.

At the start of the civil rights movement in early 1962, Cashin's mother Joan was arrested in a sit-in protest at a lunch counter, while holding the four month old Sheryll. Her father John L. Cashin, Jr., a dentist, was an influential civil-rights leader in Huntsville and Alabama in the late 1960s.

He challenged George Wallace in the 1970 Alabama gubernatorial election. He found