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Legacy and legitimacy : black Americans and the Supreme Court /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clawson, Rosalee A.
Other Authors: Waltenburg, Eric N., 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > Public opinion.
African Americans.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Mass media and public opinion > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Table of Contents:
  • Legitimacy and American democracy
  • Blacks, civil rights, and the Supreme Court
  • Establishing the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity
  • Different presses, different frames : black and mainstream press coverage of a Supreme Court decision
  • Media framing and the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity
  • The Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity among African Americans : support for capital punishment and affirmative action
  • The causal relationship between public opinion toward the court and its politics : the University of Michigan affirmative action cases.