Racial Violence on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

by Christopher Waldrep

Overview

An examination of the historical experience of African Americans as a case study of America's legacy of racial violence.

In this comprehensive overview of how the law has been used to combat racism, author Christopher Waldrep points out that the U.S. government has often promoted discrimination. A veritable history of civil rights, the story is told primarily through a discussion of key legal cases.

Racial Violence on Trial also presents 11 key documents gathered together for the first time, from the Supreme court's opinion in Brown v. Mississippi to a 1941 newspaper account entitled The South Kills Another Negro, to a 1947 New Yorker piece, Opera in Greenville, about a crowd of taxi drivers who killed a black man. Also included are a listing of key people, laws, and concepts; a chronology; a table of cases; and an annotated bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576072448
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/22/2001
Series:	On Trial
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Christopher Waldrep holds the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Chair in American history at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.

Editorial Reviews

[A]n essential purchase for high schools and public libraries.” —VOYA

“[T]he topic of racial violence is brought to the forefront in an intense and compelling method, reinforcing the dual editorial goal of analyzing and educating around the issues at hand . . . A work of solid concept and execution, this volume should work its way into the collections of high school, public, and academic libraries.” —American Reference Books Annual

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