Overview :Violence forms a constant backdrop to American history, from the revolutionary overthrow of British rule, to the struggle for civil rights, ... Read More
Overview :In this comprehensive overview of how the law has been used to combat racism, author Christopher Waldrep points out that the U.S. government... Read More
Overview :Whether conveyed through newspapers, photographs, or Billie Holliday's haunting song "Strange Fruit," lynching has immediate and graphic con... Read More
Overview :The United States Constitution records the structure of America's public life and society, distributing power and outlining citizens' rights... Read More
Overview :In this highly-anticipated new work, Christopher Waldrep takes a fresh look at how the Vicksburg campaign was fought and remembered. He begi... Read More
Overview :In American history, students are taught about the three branches of government. Most of the time is spent learning about the Executive and ... Read More
Overview :In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries. ... Read More
Overview :This book examines African Americans' strategies for resisting white racial violence from the Civil War until the assassination of Martin Lu... Read More
Overview :The Civil War shook America to the core of its constitutional foundations. Before the war, the Constitution protected slavery and kept power... Read More
Overview :Much of the current reassessment of race, culture, and criminal justice in the nineteenth-century South has been based on intensive communit... Read More