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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... oppression were mutually reinforcing. Whites applauded, even insisting on the subordination of Blacks as a self-distracting mechanism for a system that transformed them into wage slaves. Browne-Marshall's bookjoins so much of what is ...
... oppression. I see the remnants of legalized racial oppression on a daily basis. I see it in the disproportionate number of incarcerated Blacks, racially isolated schools and housing, and disenfranchised voters. A caste system as deeply ...
... oppression is to demand formal rec- ognition as an aggrieved human being with rights who expects the protection oflaw. That concept alone took more than three centuries to manifest for people of color. Unfortunately, fundamental ...
... oppression. We have been blessed to know victory slightly more than defeat. But, as with any Black family, we, too, carry the wounds inflicted by racism. We, too, grapple with the vestiges of Plessy. I believe we are on a continuum ...
... oppression. It may be called a hate crime. It is part of American culture. I am merely a witness. As with millions of others, I was born into this situation. Racial conflict is deeply woven into the fabric of America. In another country ...
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 |