Afro-Americans and the evolution of a living constitution : a symposium of the Smithsonian Institution and the joint center for political studies / Smithsonian Institution, Joint Center for Political Studies (U.S.).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smithsonian Institution, Joint Center for Political Studies (U.S.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Afro-Americans and the Evolution of a Living Constitution

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Smithsonian Institution, 1988.

Contents:

Opening remarks

Slavery, the Constitution, and the founding fathers

Teaching a living Constitution

Race and the Constitution in the 19th century

Race, the courts, and constitutional change in the 19th and 20th centuries

The twentieth-century struggle for constitutional change : litigation, protest, and politics

The Bicentennial and the Constitution : from a racial perspective

Race and the politics of constitutional change : Congress and the executive

The impact of the Civil Rights Movement on other groups and communities

The legacy of racial discrimination : who pays the cost?

Racial equality and full citizenship : the unfinished agenda

Teleconference.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.