Harris County Law Library
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Today we pay tribute to 13 Black soldiers who were hanged on December 11, 1917, for alleged participation in Houston’s Camp Logan Riot. Click the links within to learn about the context of this historical event and the men whose convictions were overturned just last month, 106 years later.
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What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.
