And Justice For All! The Untold History of Dallas
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: CGS Communications (TX)
Published: February 20, 2000
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780965050579
Subjects: United States - State & Local - General; History - U.S.
Description: Covers little-known history of Dallas, gets into how the city formed and how minorities struggled for their political and civil rights through the decades.

Review:

'Dallas remains among the least-studied of American cities, especially by historians. And most accounts read as if they were commissioned by civic boosters. The result has been the myth of Dallas as the city that works for everyone. In "And Justice For All," Roy H. Williams and Kevin J. Shay pick up where other historians left off. They argue that whites have made local government work for themselves while systematically excluding African-Americans and other minorities. The result, they write, has been a "political system of apartheid." Mr. Williams, one of the plaintiffs in a landmark voting rights lawsuit, and Mr. Shay, a Dallas journalist, back up their argument with facts culled from lawsuits, interviews, city-commissioned studies and articles from white- and black-owned newspapers. "And Justice For All" is a good start at providing a history of Dallas for everyone. It is an important work.' -- Craig Flournoy, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, The Dallas Morning News, SMU journalism professor