We shall overcome : a history of civil rights and the law / / Alexander Tsesis

• Autore: Tsesis Alexander
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 pages)
• Disciplina: 323.0973
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights - United States - History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-354) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Liberty through revolution -- Constitutional republic of equals? -- The controversy about slavery -- Sectional compromise and national conflict -- Reconstructing the American dream -- Unraveling constitutional reconstruction -- Political restrictions and developments -- Progressive transitions -- Rights in the regulatory state -- The war against tyranny -- Expanding civil rights -- The Warren court's achievements -- Sketches of the continuing legal effort.
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite America's commitment to civil rights from the earliest days of nationhood, examples of injustices against minorities stain many pages of U.S. history. The battle for racial, ethnic, and gender fairness remains unfinished. This comprehensive book traces the history of legal efforts to achieve civil rights for all Americans, beginning with the years leading up to the Revolution and continuing to our own times. The historical adventure Alexander Tsesis recounts is filled with fascinating events, with real change and disappointing compromise, and with courageous individuals and organizations committed to ending injustice. Viewing the evolution of civil rights through the lens of legal history, Tsesis considers laws that have restricted civil rights (such as Jim Crow regulations and prohibitions against intermarriage) and laws that have expanded rights (including antisegregation legislation and other legal advances of the civil rights era). He focuses particular attention on the African American fight for civil rights but also discusses the struggles of women, gays and lesbians, Japanese Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Jews. He concludes by assessing the current state of civil rights in the United States and exploring likely future expansions of civil rights.
• Titolo autorizzato: We shall overcome
• ISBN: 1-282-08865-3; 9786612088650; 0-300-14531-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824281603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II