Title: Civil rights in the shadow of slavery
Description: The author begins with the birth of civil rights - the circumstances, acts and legacy of the 39th Congress, constitutional origins, passage and structure of the Act, moves through the Fourteenth Amendment and into restrictive interpretations and quiescent years, and finishes with a chapter on discerning the future from the past and the contemporary significance of the Act.
Subjects: United States, Civil rights, Law and legislation, Slavery, Constitutional amendments, united states, Civil rights, united states, Slavery, law and legislation, united states, African Americans, History, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Places: United States