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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... on the subordination of Blacks as a self-distracting mechanism for a system that ... us. If confronted, I would deny (out of fear or shame or my liberal self ... Constitution. As law stu- dents we are encouraged to embody the role of ...
... America's Revolutionary War begins. Commonwealth v. Jennison. Massachusetts outlaws slavery. U.S. Constitution ratified. Art. III creates U.S. Supreme Court. Art. IV contains the Fugitive Slave Act. 1793 1808 1829 1830 1831 1831 1832 ...
... U.S. Army, to defend their way of life, resulting in deaths of 263 soldiers, including Lt. Col. George Custer. 1880 Strauder v. W. Va. Criminal jury restricted to Whites vio- lates Constitution. 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Congress ...
... American men, women, and children are killed by White federal troops in South Dakota ... U.S. v. Shipp. Black suspect is lynched in defiance of Supreme Court order ... Constitution. 1919 The Red Summer. Whites attack Blacks during 26 race ...
... U.S. Senate defeats anti-lynching legislation passed by House of ... U.S. stock market crashes. Great Depression begins. 1932 Racially motivated murder of Joe ... Constitution. 1944 Korematsu v. U.S. Internment of Japanese Americans is ...
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 |