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Equal Protection and the African American Constitutional Experience - A Documentary History (Hardcover, New)
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Equal Protection and the African American Constitutional Experience - A Documentary History (Hardcover, New)
Series: Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues
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Trace the roots of the concept of equal protection from the
American Revolution and the formation of the Constitution through
its application today using this collection of 177 primary
documents from a variety of sources. Students can use this unique
reference resource to examine the tension between the concept of
equal protection and recognition of slavery in the constitutional
order, to explore the devitalization and revitalization of the 14th
and 15th Constitutional amendments from the era of Jim Crow through
the Civil Rights movement, and to study current court rulings on
equal protection of the law. Petitions, laws, court decisions,
personal accounts, and a variety of other documents bring to life
the experiences of African Americans in the American constitutional
order. Five historical periods are explored with particular
emphasis on the concept of equal protection of the law and its
particular embodiment in the 14th Amendment. These include: the
roots of the concept of equal protection in the Anglo-American
experience, the lives of African Americans under a Constitution
that incorporated equal protection yet recognized slavery, the 14th
and 15th Amendments and the development of Jim Crow, 20th-century
developments in the application of equal protection to race, and
the accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement and developments
since that time. The introductory and explanatory text helps
readers understand the nature of the conflicts, the issues being
litigated, and the social and cultural pressures that shaped each
debate. This welcome resource will provide students with the
opportunity to understand the various arguments put forth in
different debates, encouraging readers to consider all sides when
drawing their own conclusions.
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