{"product_id":"their-accomplices-wore-robes-how-the-supreme-court-chained-black-america-to-the-bottom-of-a-racial-caste-system-9780385547383","title":"Their Accomplices Wore Robes: How the Supreme Court Chained Black America to the Bottom of a Racial Caste System","description":"\u003cb\u003eA magisterial new history of the role of the Supreme Court as an ally in implementing and preserving a racial caste system in America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheir Accomplices Wore Robes\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers from the Civil War era to the present and describes how the Supreme Court--even more than the presidency or Congress--aligned with the enemies of Black progress to undermine the promise of the Constitution's Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Reconstruction Amendments--which sought to abolish slavery, establish equal protection under the law, and protect voting rights--converted the Constitution into a potent anti-caste document. But in the years since, the Supreme Court has refused to allow the amendments to fulfill that promise. Time and again, when petitioned to make the nation's founding conceit--that all men are created equal--real for Black Americans, the nine black robes have chosen white supremacy over racial fairness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheir Accomplices Wore Robes\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life dozens of cases and their rich casts of characters--petitioners, attorneys, justices--to explain how America arrived at this point and how society might arrive somewhere better, even as today's federal courts lurch rightward. In this groundbreaking grand history, Brando Simeo Starkey reveals a troubling and dark aspect of American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385547383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brando Simeo Starkey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276435447989,"sku":"9780385547383","price":31.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5e802ec2-a836-4562-83a6-a9c675bb2a47.jpg?v=1744123248","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/their-accomplices-wore-robes-how-the-supreme-court-chained-black-america-to-the-bottom-of-a-racial-caste-system-9780385547383","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}