Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a professor of constitutional law at John Jay College (CUNY), an award-winning writer, a playwright, and a legal commentator. She has litigated cases for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Community Legal Services. Her previous works include She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power and The Voting Rights War. A frequent commentator on CNN, NPR, and MSNBC, Browne-Marshall has received numerous accolades, including the 2024 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award and an Emmy Award as writer and host of Your Democracy, an animated series about the U.S. Constitution. Her new book is A Protest History of the United States.