Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court

by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner

Book Overview

In the first comprehensive accounting of the US Supreme Court's race-related jurisprudence, a distinguished historian and renowned civil rights lawyer scrutinize a legacy too often blighted by racial injustice.

The Supreme Court is usually seen as protector of our liberties: it ended segregation, was a guarantor of fair trials, and safeguarded free speech and the vote. But this narrative derives mostly from a short period, from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975642
• ISBN13: 9780674975644
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"