Justice deferred : race and the Supreme Court /

In the first comprehensive accounting of the U.S. Supreme Court's race-related jurisprudence, a distinguished historian and renowned civil rights lawyer scrutinize a legacy too often blighted by racial injustice. The Supreme Court is usually seen as protector of our liberties: it ended segregat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burton, Orville Vernon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire.
United States. > Supreme Court
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
LAW > General.
LAW / Civil Rights
Civil rights
Race discrimination > Law and legislation
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the Road to Civil War
  • 2. A New Birth of Freedom
  • 3. The Supreme Court in Reconstruction
  • 4. The Supreme Court and the Jim Crow Counterrevolution
  • 5. Beginning the Long, Slow Turnaround
  • 6. Breaking New Ground
  • 7. The End of Separate but Equal
  • 8. Opposing Forces: Massive Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement
  • 9. A New Birth of Freedom, Again
  • 10. Change in the Court
  • 11. The War of Words: "Purpose" and "Effect"
  • 12. Affirmative Action: Color Blind or Color Conscious
  • 13. The Color of Criminal Justice
  • Conclusion.

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