Race on Trial
Law and Justice in American History
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2002
247 pages
978-0-19-988075-1 (ISBN)
Description
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, Korematsu v. US, Brown v. Board, Loving v. Virginia, Regents v. Bakke, and OJ Simpson. All illustrate how race often determined the outcome of trials, and how trials that confront issues of racism provide a unique lens on American cultural history. Cases include African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Caucasians. Contributors include a mix of junior and senior scholars in law schools and history departments.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Impact of the Amistad Case on Race and Law in America (1841)
- 2 The Dred Scott Case (1857)
- 3 Celia's Case (1857)
- 4 Race, Identity, and the Law: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
- 5 Jack Johnson versus the American Racial Hierarchy (1913)
- 6 Twenty Years on Trial: Takuji Yamashita's Struggle for Citizenship (1922)
- 7 A White Woman's Word: The Scottsboro Case (1931)
- 8 Korematsu v. United States Revisited: 1944 and 1983 (1944)
- 9 Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- 10 Interracial Marriage on Trial: Loving v. Virginia (1967)
- 11 Race, Affirmative Action, and Higher Education on Trial: Regents v. Bakke (1978)
- 12 Black and White: The O. J. Simpson Case (1995)
- Suggested Readings
