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9780195122800

Race on Trial Law and Justice in American History

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    9780195122800

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    0195122801

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-09-05
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book of twelve original essays will bring together two themes of American culture: law and race. The essays fall into four groups: cases that are essential to the history of race in America; cases that illustrate the treatment of race in American history; cases of great fame that becamethe trials of the century of their time; and cases that made important law. Some of the cases discussed include Amistad, Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson, Scottsboro, Korematsu v. US, Brown v. Board, Loving v. Virginia, Regents v. Bakke, and OJ Simpson. All illustrate how race often determined theoutcome of trials, and how trials that confront issues of racism provide a unique lens on American cultural history. Cases include African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Caucasians. Contributors include a mix of junior and senior scholars in law schools and history departments.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Introduction 3(11)
Annette Gordon-Reed
The Impact of the Amistad Case on Race and Law in America (1841)
14(12)
Howard Jones
The Dred Scott Case (1857)
26(22)
Xi Wang
Celia's Case (1857)
48(13)
Annette Gordon-Reed
Race, Identity, and the Law: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
61(16)
Thomas J. Davis
Jack Johnson versus the American Racial Hierarchy (1913)
77(26)
Denise C. Morgan
Twenty Years on Trial: Takuji Yamashita's Struggle for Citizenship (1922)
103(15)
Gabriel J. Chin
A White Woman's Word: The Scottsboro Case (1931)
118(21)
P. J. Ling
Korematsu v. United States Revisited: 1944 and 1983 (1944)
139(21)
Roger Daniels
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
160(17)
Mark Tushnet
Interracial Marriage on Trial: Loving v. Virginia (1967)
177(20)
Peter Wallenstein
Race, Affirmative Action, and Higher Education on Trial: Regents v. Bakke (1978)
197(17)
Howard Ball
Black and White: The O. J. Simpson Case (1995)
214(19)
Walter L. Hixson
Suggested Readings 233

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