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The dark past: the US Supreme Court and African Americans, 1800-2015 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiecek, William M., 1938- (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford Academic
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > Cases.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > Cases.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States x History.
Segregation > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Affirmative action programs > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Supreme Court and Slavery, 1800-1860
  • Reconstruction and the Supreme Court, 1862-1880
  • Redemption, 1880-1900
  • The Nadir and the Blue Hour, 1900-1920
  • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties between the Wars, 1920-1940
  • War and Cold War, 1941-1953
  • The Second Reconstruction, 1954-1971
  • Right Turn, 1960-1980
  • The Resegregation of America's Schools
  • The Death of Affirmative Action
  • Redemption Redux, 1972-2015.