Promises to keep : African Americans and the constitutional order, 1776 to the present / Donald G. Nieman.
Series: Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (368 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190071677 (ebook) :.Subject(s): African Americans -- Civil rights | Civil rights movements -- United States -- History
| Civil rights -- United States -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190071639DDC classification: 323.1196073 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: At a time when race remains a divisive issue, 'Promises to Keep' offers a compelling analysis of how conflict over African Americans' place in American society has shaped the Constitution, law, and Americans' understanding of citizenship and rights. Engaging and accessible, yet based on the latest scholarship, it shows how African Americans have played a critical role in transforming the Constitution from a bulwark of slavery to a document that is truer to the nation's promise of equality. Comprehensive in scope, it moves from debates over slavery at the nation's founding to contemporary discussions of affirmative action, voting rights, mass incarceration, and police brutality. In the process, it provides readers with a historical perspective critical to understanding some of today's most compelling issues.
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This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
At a time when race remains a divisive issue, 'Promises to Keep' offers a compelling analysis of how conflict over African Americans' place in American society has shaped the Constitution, law, and Americans' understanding of citizenship and rights. Engaging and accessible, yet based on the latest scholarship, it shows how African Americans have played a critical role in transforming the Constitution from a bulwark of slavery to a document that is truer to the nation's promise of equality. Comprehensive in scope, it moves from debates over slavery at the nation's founding to contemporary discussions of affirmative action, voting rights, mass incarceration, and police brutality. In the process, it provides readers with a historical perspective critical to understanding some of today's most compelling issues.
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