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Rooted in Western classical and medieval philosophies, the natural
law movement of the last few decades seeks to rediscover
fundamental moral truths. In this book, prominent thinkers
demonstrate how natural law can be used to resolve a wide range of
complex social, political, and constitutional issues by addressing
controversial subjects that include the family, taxation, war,
racial discrimination, medical technology, and sexuality. This
volume will be of value to those working in philosophy, political
science, and legal theory, as well as to policy analysts,
legislators, and judges.
A violent clash haunts American race relations for nearly a century
In 1906 Atlanta, after a summer of inflammatory headlines and
accusations of black-on-white sexual assaults, armed white mobs
attacked African Americans, resulting in at least twenty-five black
fatalities. Atlanta's black residents fought back and repeatedly
defended their neighborhoods from white raids. Placing this
four-day riot in a broader narrative of twentieth-century race
relations in Atlanta, in the South, and in the United States, David
Fort Godshalk examines the riot's origins and how memories of this
cataclysmic event shaped black and white social and political life
for decades to come. Nationally, the riot radicalized many civil
rights leaders, encouraging W. E. B. Du Bois's confrontationist
stance and diminishing the accommodationist voice of Booker T.
Washington. In Atlanta, fears of continued disorder prompted white
civic leaders to seek dialogue with black elites, establishing a
rare biracial tradition that convinced mainstream northern whites
that racial reconciliation was possible in the South without
national intervention. Paired with black fears of renewed violence,
however, this interracial cooperation exacerbated black social
divisions and repeatedly undermined black social justice movements,
leaving the city among the most segregated and socially stratified
in the nation. Analyzing the interwoven struggles of men and women,
blacks and whites, social outcasts and national powerbrokers,
Godshalk illuminates the possibilities and limits of racial
understanding and social change in twentieth-century America.
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