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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... Dred Scott v. Sandford. Court denies Blacks U.S. citizenship. Bailey v. Poindexter. Virginia court decides Blacks lack free will to make choices of any kind. The Civil War begins. President Lincoln delivers Emancipation Proclamation ...
... Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).9 These two cases have had far-reaching influence on American society and are, accordingly, referenced throughout the book. Race and the Struggle for Education in American ...
... Dred Scott v. Sanford In 1857 the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford captured worldwide attention when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the “place” of Blacks was per- manently outside of American society. Dred Scott brought suit for assault ...
... Dred Scott v. Sanford was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.60 Justice Roger B. Taney, an advocate of original intent and slavery, wrote the opinion on behalf of the Supreme Court.61 The Court ruled that Scott was not a citizen and ...
... Dred Scott. From 1861 to 1865, America fought a civil war over the economic future of the United States and states' right to enslave human beings. The Civil War, a conflict between political as well as economic philos- ophies, divided ...
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 |