Inherently Unequal The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903

Name: Inherently Unequal The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903
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ISBN: 9780802778857

ISBN-10: 0802778852

ISBN-13: 9780802778857

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Authors: Lawrence Goldstone

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A potent and original examination of how the Supreme Court subverted justice and empowered the Jim Crow era.In the years following the Civil War, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery; the 14th conferred citizenship and equal protection under the law to white and black; and the 15th gave black American males the right to vote. In 1875, the most comprehensive civil rights legislation in the nation's history granted all Americans "the full and equal enjoyment" of public accommodations. Just eight years later, the Supreme Court, by an 8-1 vote, overturned the Civil Rights Act as unconstitutional and, in the process, disemboweled the equal protection provisions of the 14th Amendment. Using court…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 2/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286



prologue: A Death in Georgia



Construction and Reconstruction: Two Great Experiments



Beyond Party or Politics: The Capitalists Ascend



Another Reconstruction: The Lincoln Court



Siege: Congress Counterattacks



Bad Science and Big Money



Corporate Presidency: Ulysses Grant and the Court



Equality Frays: Cruikshank and Reese



1876: Justice Bradley Disposes



A Jury of One's Peers: Strauder and Rives



Deconstruction: The Civil Rights Cases



Floodgates; The Rebirth of White Rule



Blurring the Boundaries: The Expansion of Due Process



Confluence: Plessy v. Ferguson



One Man, No Vote: Williams v. Mississippi



Mr. Justice Holmes Concurs



Movement


Epilogue A Charade of Justice


Notes


Bibliography


Index