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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... ment of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) (Harlan,J., dissenting) This book is designed as a tool to better understand the role of race in American society ...
... ment, racial epithets, and, less frequently, physical harm by maraud- ing members oflaw enforcement. These consequences, to me, are all remnants of slavery and “Jim Crow” racial oppression. I see the remnants of legalized racial ...
... ment and lack ofprogress in civil 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 ...
... ment should have been firmly placed. However, the Missouri Com- promise had become an unsettled issue of law and politics. In the Dred Scott case, the trial judge ruled in favor of Scott. However, Sanford appealed. The appellate court ...
... ment, all concurring together, and leading to the same result. And if anything in relation to the construction of the Constitution can be regarded as settled, it is that which we now give to the word “citizen” and the word “people.”65 ...
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 |