TY  - BOOK
AU  - Browne-Marshall,Gloria J.
TI  - Race, law, and American society: 1607-present 
T2  - Criminology and justice studies
SN  - 0415522137 (hbk. : alk. paper )
U1  - 342.730873 B877r 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge, 
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Cases
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - LAW / Civil Rights
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Casebooks
KW  - lcfgt
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-430) and index
N2  - "This second edition of Gloria Browne-Marshall's seminal work , tracing the history of racial discrimination in American law from colonial times to the present, is now available -- with major revisions. Throughout, she places advocates for freedom and equality at the center, moving from their struggle for physical freedom in the slavery era to more recent battles for equal rights and economic equality. From the colonial period to the present, this book examines education, property ownership, voting rights, criminal justice, and the military as well as internationalism and civil liberties by analyzing the key court cases that established America's racial system and demonstrating the impact of these court cases on American society. Race, Law, and American Society is highly accessible and thorough in its depiction of the role race has played, with the sanction of the U.S. Supreme Court, in shaping virtually every major American social institution"--
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy14pdf01/2012033371.html
ER  -