JOSEPH A. RANNEY is an adjunct professor and the Adrian Schoone Visiting Fellow at Marquette University Law School. He is an award-winning author of numerous articles and books on American legal hi...view moreJOSEPH A. RANNEY is an adjunct professor and the Adrian Schoone Visiting Fellow at Marquette University Law School. He is an award-winning author of numerous articles and books on American legal history, including In the Wake of Slavery: Civil War, Civil Rights, and the Reconstruction of Southern Law and A Legal History of Mississippi: Race, Class, and the Struggle for Opportunity. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.view less