Race, Law, and American Society: 1607-PresentThis second edition of Gloria Browne-Marshall’s seminal work , tracing the history of racial discrimination in American law from colonial times to the present, is now available with major revisions. Throughout, she advocates for freedom and equality at the center, moving from their struggle for physical freedom in the slavery era to more recent battles for equal rights and economic equality. From the colonial period to the present, this book examines education, property ownership, voting rights, criminal justice, and the military as well as internationalism and civil liberties by analyzing the key court cases that established America’s racial system and demonstrating the impact of these court cases on American society. This edition also includes more on Asians, Native Americans, and Latinos. Race, Law, and American Society is highly accessible and thorough in its depiction of the role race has played, with the sanction of the U.S. Supreme Court, in shaping virtually every major American social institution. |
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... Board of Education of Topeka II. Court rules school districts to desegregate “with all deliberate speed.” Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a White passenger as required by law. Montgomery bus boycott begins. Civil Rights Act ...
... Board of Education. Court upholds busing of students for desegregation purposes. 1971 Clay aka Ali v. U.S. Court upholds Muhammad Ali's, former heavyweight boxing champion, conscientious objector status. 1973 Wounded Knee, South Dakota ...
... Board of Education ofTopeka in 1954 or Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. In fact, Africans in America began their battle against racial discrimination in 1619, upon arrival in Jamestown, before the landing of the May- flower in Massachusetts ...
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Contents
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Chapter 2 Race and the Struggle for Education in American Schools | 19 |
Chapter 3 Race Crime and Injustice | 51 |
Chapter 4 Civil Liberties and Racial Justice | 117 |
Chapter 5 Voting Rights and Restrictions | 177 |
Chapter 6 Property Rights and Ownership | 207 |
Chapter 7 Race and the Military | 251 |
Chapter 8 Race and Internationalism | 279 |
Selected Decisions oF the US Supreme Court | 315 |
Race Riots and Uprisings in the United States | 329 |
Persons Lynched by Race 18821920 | 331 |
US Military Conflicts | 333 |
Cases | 335 |
Notes | 341 |
Bibliography | 419 |
Index | 431 |