Background
Judy Scales-Trent was born on October 1, 1940, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. She is a daughter of William Johnson Junior Trent, the first executive director of the United Negro College Fund, and Viola (Scales) Trent.
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In 1962, Judy received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College.
14 Old Chapel Rd, Middlebury, VT 05753, United States
In 1967, Scales-Trent attained a Master of Arts degree from Middlebury College.
375 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
In 1973, Judy got a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
173 W Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, United States
In 1962, Judy received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College.
14 Old Chapel Rd, Middlebury, VT 05753, United States
In 1967, Scales-Trent attained a Master of Arts degree from Middlebury College.
375 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
In 1973, Judy got a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Nautilus Book Award (Silver Award)
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1983
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While the "one-drop rule" in the United States dictates, that people with any African ancestry are black, many black Americans have white skin. "Notes of a White Black Woman" is one woman's attempt to describe what it is like to be a "white" black woman and to live simultaneously inside and outside of both white and black communities.
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1995
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An intimate portrait of the life of a black man, who lived from just after emancipation to the boycotts and sit-ins of the 1950's and 1960's — this book not only tells of William Johnson Trent's journey from the farm to a leadership position in the black middle class, it also describes this world he came to inhabit. Through interviews with family, family friends and former students and teachers at Livingstone College, the reader will come to know him through his marriages and his losses, his children and his friends, his love of music and his love of books.
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2016
Judy Scales-Trent was born on October 1, 1940, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. She is a daughter of William Johnson Junior Trent, the first executive director of the United Negro College Fund, and Viola (Scales) Trent.
In 1962, Judy received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College. Later, in 1967, she attained a Master of Arts degree from Middlebury College. Then, Judy continued her education at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor degree in 1973.
In summer, from 1962 till 1963, Judy worked as a French teacher for the Peace Corps Training Program at Oberlin College. In 1973, she was appointed a supervisory attorney at the Office of Decisions and Interpretations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a post she held till 1976.
Between 1977 and 1979, Scales-Trent continued her work at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, serving as a special assistant to General Counsel. In 1980, she was made an attorney at the Appellate Division of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Judy continued to hold this post until 1984, when she was appointed a professor of law at the University at Buffalo Law School. She left the post in 2009.
From 1985 to 1986, she acted as a co-chair of Women’s Rights Section at the National Conference of Black Lawyers. Between 1987 and 1991, Judy served on the board of directors of the National Women and the Law Association. During the period from 1992 till 1995, she served on the board of governors at the Society of American Law Teachers.
Also, in 1994, Scales-Trent held a post of a visiting professor of law at St. Mary's University School of Law. The same year, in 1994, she was appointed a member of the advisory committee of the National Urban League, where she remained until 1997.
In 2000, Judy received a Fulbright Fellowship and spent what she calls "a transformative year" in Dakar, Senegal, where her facility with the French language made it possible for her to teach law and conduct research in French.
Currently, she is a Professor Emerita at the University at Buffalo Law School.
Judy Scales-Trent is an author, who gained prominence for her powerful new ideas about race in America. She is known for such books, as "A Black Man's Journey from Sharecropper to College President: The Life and Work of William Johnson Trent, 1873-1963" and "Notes of a White Black Woman: Race, Color, Community".
In 2016, she was a finalist for Best Book Awards, and in 2017, for Foreword INDIES Awards.
Also, Judy received many awards, including the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy Award, Trailblazer Award, Benjamin Franklin Award, Fulbright Fellowship and others.
(An intimate portrait of the life of a black man, who live...)
2016(Now in its seventh edition, "Political Campaign Communica...)
1983(While the "one-drop rule" in the United States dictates, ...)
1995Judy is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and other organizations.
Judy has one child, whose name is Jason Benjamin Ellis.
