Download e-book for iPad: Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History by Annette Gordon-Reed

By Annette Gordon-Reed

ISBN-10: 0195122798

ISBN-13: 9780195122794

ISBN-10: 0195122801

ISBN-13: 9780195122800

This publication of twelve unique essays will collect topics of yankee tradition: legislation and race. The essays fall into 4 teams: situations which are necessary to the heritage of race in the United States; situations that illustrate the therapy of race in American historical past; instances of serious repute that turned the rigors of the century in their time; and circumstances that made vital legislation. a few of the circumstances mentioned contain Amistad, Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson, Scottsboro, Korematsu v. US, Brown v. Board, Loving v. Virginia, Regents v. Bakke, and OJ Simpson. All illustrate how race usually made up our minds the end result of trials, and the way trials that confront problems with racism offer a distinct lens on American cultural historical past. instances contain African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Caucasians. participants contain a mixture of junior and senior students in legislations colleges and heritage departments.

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