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In this Bancroft Prize-winning history of the Civil Rights movement
in Atlanta from the end of World War II to 1980, Tomiko Brown-Nagin
shows that long before "black power" emerged and gave black dissent
from the mainstream civil rights agenda a name, African Americans
in Atlanta questioned the meaning of equality and the steps
necessary to obtain a share of the American dream. This
groundbreaking book uncovers the activism of visionaries--both
well-known figures and unsung citizens--from across the ideological
spectrum who sought something different from, or more complicated
than, "integration." Local activists often played leading roles in
carrying out the agenda of the NAACP, but some also pursued goals
that differed markedly from those of the venerable civil rights
organization. Brown-Nagin documents debates over politics, housing,
public accommodations, and schools. Exploring the complex interplay
between the local and national, between lawyers and communities,
between elites and grassroots, and between middle-class and
working-class African Americans, Courage to Dissent transforms our
understanding of the Civil Rights era.
Over a century has passed since the United States Supreme Court
decided a series of cases, known as the "Insular Cases," that
limited the applicability of constitutional rights in Puerto Rico
and other overseas territories and allowed the United States to
hold them indefinitely as subordinated possessions without the
promise of representation or statehood. Essays in this volume,
which originated in a Harvard Law School conference, reconsider the
Insular Cases. Leading legal authorities examine the history and
legacy of the cases, which are tinged with outdated notions of race
and empire, and explore possible solutions for the dilemmas they
created. Reconsidering the Insular Cases is particularly timely in
light of the latest referendum in Puerto Rico expressing widespread
dissatisfaction with its current form of governance, and litigation
by American Samoans challenging their unequal citizenship status.
This book gives voice to a neglected aspect of U.S. history and
constitutional law and provides a rich context for rethinking
notions of sovereignty, citizenship, race, and place, as well as
the roles of law and politics in shaping them.
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