America's Other Clan: The United States Supreme Court uses primary
source documents to explore how the Supreme Court shaped civil
rights throughout our country's history. The book gives students of
American history the opportunity to examine excerpts from court
decisions and consider their consequences. This work details the
practice of slavery in the American colonies and the various state
and federal cases that led to a hardening of views about its
viability. High-Court cases, post Civil War, are examined to
illustrate the erosion of Civil Rights Acts and Amendments. The
beginnings of the Jim Crow era are discussed, as is the early 20th
Century concept of nativism. Blatant and brutal incidents involving
lynching are studied from legal, historical and social
perspectives. The book details the events and cases leading up to
the historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
decision, which began the process of ending some forms of
segregation. A final chapter continues this research through the
present day, raising probing questions about racism, prejudice and
how we view our society in the future. America's Other Clan can
serve as a stand-alone or supplemental text in courses on American
history and civil rights. The book also provides fascinating
insight for general readers and anyone with an interest in this
overlooked aspect of history.
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