A new birth of freedom
Subtitle: the forgotten history of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
By: Nathan Newman & J.J. Gass
Contributors: Gass, J. J.; Brennan Center for Justice
Series: Judicial independence series
Publisher: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Civil rights; History; United States; United States. Supreme Court
Notes: Select bibliography and endnotes (p. 32-33).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: from the Colfax Massacre in the 1870s to the rape of Christy Brzonkala in the 1990s; title: Strong national power under the pre-Civil War court; title: Creating the New Birth Constitution; title: Reconstruction legislation under the New Birth Amendments; title: How the Klan and court killed Reconstruction; title: The second Reconstruction; title: The Rehnquist court revives reviled precedents; title: Conclusion: Restoring the civic memory of the New Birth Constitution.