Promises to keep : African Americans and the constitutional order, 1776 to the present / Donald G. Nieman.
2020
E185.61 .N5 2020
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Title
Promises to keep : African Americans and the constitutional order, 1776 to the present / Donald G. Nieman.
Author
Nieman, Donald G., author.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9780190071677 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (368 pages).
Call Number
E185.61 .N5 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.1196073
Summary
At a time when race remains a divisive issue, 'Promises to Keep' offers a compelling analysis of how conflict over African Americans' place in American society has shaped the Constitution, law, and Americans' understanding of citizenship and rights. Engaging and accessible, yet based on the latest scholarship, it shows how African Americans have played a critical role in transforming the Constitution from a bulwark of slavery to a document that is truer to the nation's promise of equality. Comprehensive in scope, it moves from debates over slavery at the nation's founding to contemporary discussions of affirmative action, voting rights, mass incarceration, and police brutality. In the process, it provides readers with a historical perspective critical to understanding some of today's most compelling issues.
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At a time when race remains a divisive issue, 'Promises to Keep' offers a compelling analysis of how conflict over African Americans' place in American society has shaped the Constitution, law, and Americans' understanding of citizenship and rights. Engaging and accessible, yet based on the latest scholarship, it shows how African Americans have played a critical role in transforming the Constitution from a bulwark of slavery to a document that is truer to the nation's promise of equality. Comprehensive in scope, it moves from debates over slavery at the nation's founding to contemporary discussions of affirmative action, voting rights, mass incarceration, and police brutality. In the process, it provides readers with a historical perspective critical to understanding some of today's most compelling issues.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2020).
Series
Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights.
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190071639
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