Justice deferred race and the Supreme Court

"In the first comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's race-related jurisprudence, a historian and a 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 still help fulfill the nation's p...

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Main Authors: Burton, Orville Vernon (Author), Derfner, Armand (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
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300 |a 449 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 25 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 0 |a 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 -- Opposing forces : 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 -- The color of criminal justice. 
520 |a "In the first comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's race-related jurisprudence, a historian and a 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 still help fulfill the nation's promise of equality for all"--  |c Provided by the publisher. 
650 0 |a Race discrimination  |x Law and legislation  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Civil rights  |z United States. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x Civil rights  |x History. 
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