Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History

by Annette Gordon-Reed

Book Overview

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 became the 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195122798
• ISBN13: 9780195122794
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"