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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... person. I will miss his humor, kindness, insights, and gentle strength. Derrick often advised me along this non-traditional path. For Derrick Bell's path was also anything but traditional. He wrote the foreword for my book. It is a rare ...
... person's heart. However, love and freedom are not necessarily the same things. Historically, social change, involving, for example, labor unions, immigrant rights, and gender equality, was forced upon this demo- cracy. These cases ...
... person, reversing Hall's conviction for the murder of Ling Sing. Dred Scott v. Sandford. Court denies Blacks U.S. citizenship. Bailey v. Poindexter. Virginia court decides Blacks lack free will to make choices of any kind. The Civil War ...
... 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 OF SELECTED CASES AND EvENTS.
... person.25 Being a slave was a unique horror.26 Slaveowners in the Virginia colony protected their rights with race-based legislation.27 As profits increased, legal protec- tions for Africans decreased.28 Enslaving Africans was ...
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 |