Civil Rights in America - A History

'Civil rights' has become one of the most powerful and contested terms in American law and politics. This book provides the first comprehensive account of its history, telling the story of how Americans from the Civil War through today have given new meaning to civil rights.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The birth of civil rights - reconstruction; 2. The transformation of civil rights - the Jim Crow years; 3. Civil rights reborn - the 1940s and 1950s; 4. Beyond civil rights - the 1960s; 5. Getting right with the civil rights movement; 6. Civil rights everywhere; Conclusion.

About the author

Christopher W. Schmidt is a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and co-director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States, a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, and the editor of Law & Social Inquiry. Professor Schmidt received his Ph.D. in American Studies from Harvard University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is the author of The Sit-Ins: Protest and Legal Change in the Civil Rights Era (2018).

Summary

'Civil rights' has become one of the most powerful and contested terms in American law and politics. This book provides the first comprehensive account of its history, telling the story of how Americans from the Civil War through today have given new meaning to civil rights.

Product details

• Authors: Schmidt Christopher W. Schmidt, Christopher W Schmidt, Christopher W. Schmidt, Christopher W. (Chicago-Kent College of L Schmidt, Schmidt Christopher W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108426251
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42625-1
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Cambridge Studies on Civil Rig; Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Civics and citizenship