White men's law : the roots of systemic racism / Peter Irons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irons, Peter H., 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

African Americans.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Race discrimination.

Racism against Black people--United States--History.

Racism against Black people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 291 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

The current debate over the causes and possible cures for the persistent white advantage over African Americans in education and income needs a resource that provides both historical and current evidence. In White Men's Law, Peter Irons fills this need with the stories of African Americans who challenged their status in acts of resistance, from slavery and Jim Crow segregation to today's Black Lives Matter and other racial justice movements. Irons marshals a wide array of evidence to make a persuasive argument that systemic racism still permeates every major institution in American society. White Men's Law is certain to provoke discussion on both sides of this debate, in readable and often graphic form.

Contents:

Cover

White Men's Law

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface: Some Words about Words

Prologue: "They've Got Him!"

1. "Thirty Lashes, Well Laid On"

2. "Dem Was Hard Times, Sho' Nuff"

3. "Beings of an Inferior Order"

4. "Fighting for White Supremacy"

5. "The Foul Odors of Blacks"

6. "Negroes Plan to Kill All Whites"

7. "Intimate Social Contact with Negro Men"

8. "I Thanked God Right Then and There"

9. "War against the Constitution"

10. "Two Cities-​One White, the Other Black"

11. "All Blacks Are Angry"

12. "The Basic Minimal Skills"

Epilogue: "Rooting Out Systemic Racism"

Source Notes and Suggested Reading

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780190914967

0190914963

9780197582923

0197582923

9780190914950

0190914955

OCLC:

1281985955