Zaakir Tameez — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Author of 'Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation,' a biography of America's premier abolitionist and civil rights leader.
Scholar of antitrust and constitutional law.
Coauthored amicus briefs before the Texas and United States Supreme Courts.
Graduate of Yale Law School and the University of Virginia.
Fulbright Scholar and Humanity in Action Senior Fellow.
Board Member, Community Advisory Board at Albemarle County Public Schools.

Biography

Zaakir Tameez is the author of "Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation," a biography focusing on America's premier abolitionist and civil rights leader of the nineteenth century. He is recognized as a scholar in the fields of antitrust and constitutional law.

A graduate of Yale Law School and the University of Virginia, Tameez has published award-winning scholarship and coauthored amicus briefs before both the Texas and United States Supreme Courts.