Race on trial : law and justice in American history / edited by Annette Gordon-Reed.

Other author Gordon-Reed, Annette.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Descriptionxi, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesViewpoints on American culture
Viewpoints on American culture. ^A474738
Contents Introduction / Annette Gordon-Reed -- The impact of the Amistad case on race and law in America (1841) / Howard Jones -- The Dred Scott case (1857) / Xi Wang -- Celia's case (1857) / Annette Gordon-Reed -- Race, identity and the law: Plessy v. Ferguson(1896) / Thomas J. Davis -- Jack Johnson versus the American racial hierarchy (1913) / Denise C. Morgan --Twenty years on trial: Takuji Yamashita's struggle for citizenship (1922) / Gabriel J. Chin -- A white woman's word: the Scottsboro case (1931) / P.J. Ling -- Koematsu v. United States revisited: 1944 and 1983 (1944) / Roger daniels --Brown v. Board of Education (1954) / Mark Tushnet -- Interracial marriage on trial: loving v. Virginia (1967) / Peter Wallenstein -- Race, affirmative action, and higher education on trial: Regents v. Bakke (1978) / Howard Ball -- Black and white: the O.J. Simson case (1995) / Walter L. Hixson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-234).
LCCN 2001054875
ISBN0195122798 (cl. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0195122801 (pbk. : acid-free paper)