The dark past: the US Supreme Court and African Americans, 1800-2015
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Beteilige Person: Wiecek, William M. 1938- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024]
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Links:http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780197654439.pdf
Abstract:"The Dark Past provides a historical overview and interpretive guide to all of the US Supreme Court's major cases that affected the freedom and rights of Black Americans since 1800. It offers coherence to a chronicle of cases and connects the events of the past to the current era of racial inequality. The US Supreme Court sustained slavery, racial discrimination, segregation, racial inequality, and white preference through constitutional interpretation and legal doctrine. Moreover, The Dark Past incorporates structural racism as a principal definition of inequality in the contemporary Black legal experience. It elaborates on several significant cases affecting the rights of Black people, such as the Dred Scott decision and the Plessy v. Ferguson decision"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:xvii, 532 Seiten
ISBN:9780197654439