The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Thirty city blocks were burned to the ground, perhaps 150 died, and the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, was turned to rubble. Brophy draws on his own extensive research into contemporary accounts and court documents to chronicle this devastating riot, showing how and why the rule of law quickly eroded. Brophy shines his lights on mob violence and racism run amok, both on the night of the riot and the following morning. Equally important, he shows how the city government and police not...
The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Thirty city blocks were burned to the ground, perhaps 150 died,...
Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, an expert on racial violence, regards the debate over reparations from the 1700s to the present, examining the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present, examining failed and successful lawsuits, and reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, and businesses, including apologies and...
Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially div...
Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, a leading expert on racial violence, traces the reparations issue from the 1820s to the present in order to assess the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present; examining failed and successful lawsuits; and exploring reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, businesses, and truth...
Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially div...
Former students of Morton Horwitz re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late 20th century. They explore how legal doctrine, thought & practice are shaped by the interests of the powerful, as well as by the ideas of lawyers, politicians & others.
Former students of Morton Horwitz re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late 20th century. They explore how legal doctrine, thou...
Former students of Morton Horwitz re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late 20th century. They explore how legal doctrine, thought & practice are shaped by the interests of the powerful, as well as by the ideas of lawyers, politicians & others.
Former students of Morton Horwitz re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late 20th century. They explore how legal doctrine, thou...
University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between pre-Civil War southern universities and slavery. Universities and their faculty owned people-sometimes dozens of people-and profited from their labor while many slaves endured physical abuse on campuses. The profits of enslaved labor helped pay for education, and faculty and students at times actively promoted the institution. They wrote about the history of slavery, argued for its central role in the southern economy, and developed a political theory that justified slavery. The university faculty spoke a common...
University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between pre-Civil War southern universities and slavery. Universities and the...
