The Constitution and American Racism: Setting a Course for Lasting Injustice

ISBN-13: 9781476683942 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 213 str.

David P. Madden

Spis treści

Acknowledgments v
Preface 1
Introduction 3
1. "The security the southern states want…" 5
2. "The Peculiar Institution" 30
3. The Law of Slavery 49
4. States' Rights as Revisionist History 70
5. "The Constitution is colorblind" 97
6. Tyranny of the Republic 123
7. The Power Vested in the President 136
8. Civil Rights 149
9. Democracy Is Government "by and for the people" 160
Chapter Notes 177
Bibliography 191
Index 201