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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... enslaved woman, heavily pregnant, working under a blazing sun, in a field with row after row of cotton. I wonder if she made a promise to her unborn child. A promise her child would one day know freedom. The meaning of freedom has xix ...
... enslavement of Africans, and to a lesser extent, Native Americans in America.8 Laws were enacted to maintain a permanent labor class composed prima- rily of persons of African descent. Until the last quarter century, America's highest ...
... Enslaved Blacks were not protected by law and were systematically denied access to the courts as witnesses, jurors, and victims. Slavery was abolished except as punishment for a crime. Thus, the criminal justice system became a tool for ...
... Enslaved Blacks fought on behalf of this country without a guarantee of freedom. Black soldiers have faced controversies involving salaries, working conditions, courts martial, and promotions. Returning from World Wars I and II, Black ...
... enslaved person.25 Being a slave was a unique horror.26 Slaveowners in the Virginia colony protected their rights ... enslaved Africans.30 Native Americans were also enslaved in several of the colonies.31 oveRview of Race and the Law in ...
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 |