Legacy and legitimacy
Subtitle: black Americans and the Supreme Court
By: Rosalee A. Clawson and Eric N. Waltenburg.
Contributors: Waltenburg, Eric N., 1965-
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781592139026; 9781592139033
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court -- Public opinion; African Americans; African Americans -- Politics and government; Mass media and public opinion -- United States; African Americans -- Civil rights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Blacks, civil rights, and the Supreme Court; title: Establishing the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity; title: Different presses, different frames : the black versus mainstream presses' coverage of a Supreme Court decision; title: The effect of media framing on the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity; title: The Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity among African Americans : support for capital punishment and affirmative action; title: The causal relationship between public opinion toward the court and its politics : the University of Michigan affirmative action cases.