| Description |
xi, 234 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Viewpoints on American culture |
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Viewpoints on American culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Annette Gordon-Reed -- 1. The Impact of the Amistad Case on Race and Law in America (1841) / Howard Jones -- 2. The Dred Scott Case (1857) / Xi Wang -- 3. Celia's Case (1857) / Annette Gordon-Reed -- 4. Race, Identity, and the Law: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) / Thomas J. Davis -- 5. Jack Johnson versus the American Racial Hierarchy (1913) / Denise C. Morgan -- 6. Twenty Years on Trial: Takuji Yamashita's Struggle for Citizenship (1922) / Gabriel J. Chin -- 7. A White Woman's Word: The Scottsboro Case (1931) / P. J. Ling -- 8. Korematsu v. United States Revisited: 1944 and 1983 (1944) / Roger Daniels -- 9. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) / Mark Tushnet -- 10. Interracial Marriage on Trial: Loving v. Virginia (1967) / Peter Wallenstein -- 11. Race, Affirmative Action, and Higher Education on Trial: Regents v. Bakke (1978) / Howard Ball -- 12. Black and White: The O. J. Simpson Case (1995) / Walter L. Hixson |
| Summary |
This collection of 12 original essays brings together two themes of American culture - law and race. Cases discussed include Amistad, Dred Scott, Regents v. Bakke and O.J. Simpson |
| Analysis |
Social & welfare law |
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Multicultural studies |
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History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) |
| Subject |
Discrimination in justice administration -- United States -- History.
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Trials -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100006
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| Author |
Gordon-Reed, Annette.
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| LC no. |
2001054875 |
| ISBN |
0195122798 cloth acid-free paper |
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0195122801 paperback acid-free paper |
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