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

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.>

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Waldrep, Waldrep Christopher
• Assisted by: Charles L. Zelden (Editor)
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2001
• EAN: 9781576072448
• ISBN: 978-1-57607-244-8
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: On Trial
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Violence in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Violence and abuse in society, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General