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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... - cism by Black protesters and newspaper was motivated by actual malice. 1964 U.S. Congress enacts the Civil Rights Act prohibiting 1964 1964 1964 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1966 TIMELINE OF SELECTED CASES AND EvENTS xxxi.
... Congress enacts Fair 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 ...
... Congress. However, Blacks had to challenge grandfather clauses, poll taxes, literacy tests, and gerrymandering in order to exercise their right to vote. U.S. Supreme Court decisions, a constitutional amendment, and the Voting Rights Act ...
... Congress. The Revolutionary War was fought in the name of freedom and the preamble of the U.S. Constitution speaks of “securing liberty to ourselves and our posterity” as the basis for establishing this country.47 However, when the ...
... Congress:54 Representative and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free ...
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 |