Equal Protection and the African American Constitutional Experience
Subtitle: A Documentary History (Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: May 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780313303500
Subjects: American history; Black studies; Civil rights & citizenship; Constitution: government & the state; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Blacks In The U.S.; Constitutional Law; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; USA; Constitutional; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - General; History / United States / General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; African Americans; History; Legal status, laws, etc; Legal status, laws, etc.; Sources
Description: "This collection of 177 primary documents from a variety of sources focuses on five historical periods that are explored with particular emphasis on the concept of equal protection of the law and its particular embodiment in the 14th Amendment. These include: the roots of the concept of equal protection in the Anglo-American experience, the lives of African Americans under a Constitution that incorporated equal protection yet recognized slavery, the 14th and 15th Amendments and the development of Jim Crow, 20th-century developments in the application of equal protection to race, and the accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement and developments since that time.

The introductory and explanatory text helps readers understand the nature of the conflicts, the issues being litigated, and the social and cultural pressures that shaped each debate. This welcome resource will provide students with the opportunity to understand the various arguments put forth in different debates, encouraging readers to consider all sides when drawing their own conclusions."--Jacket.