Black resistance, white law : a history of constitutional racism in America / Mary Frances Berry under the editorial supervision of Arthur S. Link.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berry, Mary Frances.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

African Americans--History.

History.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 268 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, Inc., 1971.

Contents:

Foundations of Repression

The Law of Black Suppression

Defiant Slaves and Defiant States

The Seminole War as a Black Freedom Movement: Phase One

The Seminole War as a Black Freedom Movement: Phase Two

Abolition and the Abrogation of Civil Liberties

Controlling Blacks during the Civil War

The Bottom Remains on the Bottom

Changing Modes of Oppression: 1877-1900

Riots, Lynchings, and Federal Quiescence

Moving Off Dead Center

The Illusion of a New Era

Toward Federal Protecction

The States Act Despite Themselves

Riots, Rebellion, and Repression

Still the "Disquieting" Presence.

Notes:

Appendix contains excerpts from the United States Code.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0130777358

OCLC:

1840230