W. Lewis Burke Explained

W. Lewis Burke
Birth Name:	William Lewis Burke Jr.
Birth Place:	United States
Education:	Mississippi State University, 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)^[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

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.^{[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; 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.

Publications

As author

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

As editor

• Book: At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina . 2000 . . Eric Foner (contributor) . 9781570033575 . Underwood . James Lowell . Burke, Jr. . W. Lewis. ^{[8] [9]}
• Book: Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times and His Legacy . 2004 . . 9781570035340 . Burke Jr. . W. Lewis . Gergel . Belinda F.. (2004)^[10]
• Book: The Dawn of Religious Freedom in South Carolina . 2006 . University of South Carolina Press . Walter Edgar (introduction) . 9781570036217 . Burke . W. Lewis . Underwood . James Lowell. ^[11]
• Book: Madam Chief Justice: South Carolina's Jean Hoefer Toal . 2015 . University of South Carolina Press . Ruth Bader Ginsburg (introduction), Sandra Day O'Connor (forward) . 9781611176926 . Burke Jr. . W. Lewis . Assey . Joan P..

Notes and References

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