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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... President Lincoln delivers Emancipation Proclamation speech freeing slaves in the South. Poor Whites in New York City murder Blacks during riots against the National Conscription Act. Bureau of Colored Troops is created. Civil War ends ...
... President Lincoln is assassinated. 1866 Reconstruction era begins. 1866 Civil Rights Act of1866 passed. 1866 Ku Klux Klan founded. 1868 Fourteenth Amendment gives Blacks full citizenship, equal protection, due process, privileges and ...
... President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating U.S. military. The United Nations prohibits all forms of slavery. Korean War begins. We Charge Genocide petition is presented to the United Nations protesting the ...
... President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. 1964 Twenty-fourth Amendment abolishes poll taxes in national elections. 1964 Anderson v. Martin. States cannot require race of candi- date on voting ballot. 1964 Voting-rights ...
... President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Executive Order 11246 establishing affirmative action. Black Panther Party is founded. Bond v. Floyd. Court upholds Black state legislator's right to protest Vietnam War. Thurgood Marshall (b. 1908) ...
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 |