Promises to keep : African Americans and the constitutional order, 1776 to the present / Donald G. Nieman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nieman, Donald G., Ph.D., author.

Series:

Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights.

Oxford scholarship online.

Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

At a time when race remains a divisive issue, 'Promises to Keep' offers a compelling analysis of how conflict over African Americans' place in American society has shaped the Constitution, law, and Americans' understanding of citizenship and rights. Engaging and accessible, yet based on the latest scholarship, it shows how African Americans have played a critical role in transforming the Constitution from a bulwark of slavery to a document that is truer to the nation's promise of equality. Comprehensive in scope, it moves from debates over slavery at the nation's founding to contemporary discussions of affirmative action, voting rights, mass incarceration, and police brutality. In the process, it provides readers with a historical perspective critical to understanding some of today's most compelling issues.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-007167-2

0-19-007165-6