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Black Resistance/White Law

By Mary Frances Berry

By Mary Frances Berry

By Mary Frances Berry

By Mary Frances Berry

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Feb 01, 1995 | ISBN 9780140232981

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Feb 01, 1995 | ISBN 9781101650851

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    About Black Resistance/White Law

    How the government has used the Constitution to deny black Americans their legal rights

    From the arrival of the first twenty slaves in Jamestown to the Howard Beach Incident of 1986, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, federal law enforcement has pleaded lack of authority against white violence while endorsing surveillance of black rebels and using “constitutional” military force against them. In this groundbreaking study, constitutional scholar Mary Frances Berry analyzes the reasons why millions of African Americans whose lives have improved enormously, both socially and economically, are still at risk of police abuse and largely unprotected from bias crimes.

    About Black Resistance/White Law

    How the government has used the Constitution to deny black Americans their legal rights

    From the arrival of the first twenty slaves in Jamestown to the Howard Beach Incident of 1986, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, federal law enforcement has pleaded lack of authority against white violence while endorsing surveillance of black rebels and using “constitutional” military force against them. In this groundbreaking study, constitutional scholar Mary Frances Berry analyzes the reasons why millions of African Americans whose lives have improved enormously, both socially and economically, are still at risk of police abuse and largely unprotected from bias crimes.

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    Also by Mary Frances Berry

    And Justice for All
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    About Mary Frances Berry

    Mary Frances Berry was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She received a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Howard University, a doctorate in history from the University of Michigan, and a juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Dr. Berry… More about Mary Frances Berry

    About Mary Frances Berry

    Mary Frances Berry was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She received a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Howard University, a doctorate in history from the University of Michigan, and a juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Dr. Berry… More about Mary Frances Berry

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 01, 1995 | 336 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140232981

    Category: Domestic Politics

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 01, 1995 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781101650851
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    Praise

    “Once you’ve read this book, your understanding of race relations and your vision of America will be changed forever.”—Don Edwards, former U.S. Representative 

    “Black Resistance/White Law offers an opportunity to revisit a historical experience that the successes of the civil rights movement of the past fifty years have allowed many of us to forget.”—Chicago Tribune

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