Justice deferred : race and the Supreme Court

Justice deferred race and the Supreme Court

"In the first comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's race-related jurisprudence, a distinguished historian and a renowned civil rights lawyer scrutinize a legacy too often blighted by racial injustice. Discussing nearly 200 cases in historical context, the authors show the Court can...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Burton, Orville Vernon, autor (autor), Derfner, Armand, autor
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021.
Subjects:
Estados Unidos. > Supreme Court.
Discriminación racial > Estados Unidos.
Derechos civiles > Estados Unidos.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the road to civil war
  • A new birth of freedom
  • The Supreme Court in reconstruction
  • The Supreme Court and the Jim Crow counterrevolution
  • Beginning the long, slow turnaround
  • Breaking new ground
  • The end of separate but equal
  • Guerrilla warfare: massive resistance and the civil rights movement
  • A new birth of freedom, again
  • Change in the court
  • The war of words: "purpose" and "effect"
  • Affirmative action: color blind or color conscious
  • Law enforcement and the color of criminal justice.

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