How the government has used the Constitution to deny black Americans their legal rights

From the arrival of the first twenty slaves in Jamestown to the Howard Beach Incident of 1986, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, federal law enforcement has pleaded lack of authority against white violence while endorsing surveillance of black rebels and using "constitutional" military force against them. In this groundbreaking study, constitutional scholar Mary Frances Berry analyzes the reasons why millions of African Americans whose lives have improved enormously, both socially and economically, are still at risk of police abuse and largely unprotected from bias crimes.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 02/01/1995
ISBN: 9780140232981
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/23/1995