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On March 1, 2024, the University of Richmond Law Review hosted a symposium entitled Vestiges of the Confederacy: Reckoning with the Legacy of the South. Professor Carla Laroche delivered the presentation transcribed below, which has been edited for clarity and cohesion. The University of Richmond Law Review was honored to host her and is thrilled to publish her engaging discussion on Black women’s voter emancipation.

Carla Laroche *

* Felder-Fayard Associate Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law and The Murphy Institute, Tulane University; J.D., Columbia Law School; M.P.P., Harvard Kennedy School; B.A., Princeton University.