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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... housing, and disenfranchised voters. A caste system as deeply rooted as America's socio-racial hierarchy is difficult to remove, especially when its continued existence benefits members of the majority society. This caste system was ...
... Housing Act. Green v. County School Board. Court strikes down freedom-of-choice desegregation plan. Terry v. Ohio. Court rules police can stop and frisk person who has not committed a crime, based on reasonable suspicion. xxxii TIMELINE ...
... housing assignments. 1978 University of California Regents v. Bakke. Court rules in favor of White plaintiff who alleged affirmative action is reverse discrimination. 1980 Miami erupts in riots following police shooting of unarmed Black ...
... housing foreclosures for African-Americans and Latinos. 2011 Cherokee Nation expels Black members. 2011 Army Pfc. Danny Chen is driven to suicide by racial bul- lying while in Afghanistan. 2011 Mumia Abu-Jamal (b. 1954). Death sentence ...
... housing, which restricts access to public housing, farm loans, and home mortgages. This chapter also examines legal challenges brought to integrate public places such as parks, swimming pools, buses, and hotels. Public accommodations ...
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 |