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19 produkter
Black Resistance/White Law: A History of Constitutional Racism in America
Häftad, 1995
345 kr
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The Politics of Parenthood: Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother
Häftad, 1994
345 kr
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Reparations and Reparatory Justice
Past, Present, and Future
Av Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Mary Frances Berry m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1275 kr
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Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people of African descent. The distinguished editors of this volume have gathered works that chronicle the historical movement for reparations both in the United States and around the world. …
Reparations and Reparatory Justice
Past, Present, and Future
Av Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Mary Frances Berry m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
223 kr
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Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people of African descent. The distinguished editors of this volume have gathered works that chronicle the historical movement for reparations both in the United States and around the world. …
Why ERA Failed
Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution
Häftad, 1988
201 kr
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Why ERA Failed looks at the systemic problems of politics and the amending process. The author, Mary Frances Berry, considers the behavior of the two sides from the perspective of a historian and lawyer. She describes the history of the amending process, from the Constitutional Convention to the …
And Justice for All
E-bok, 2009
193 kr
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This is the story of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, through its extraordinary fifty years at the heart of the civil rights movement and the struggle for justice in America. Mary Frances Berry, the commission’s chairperson for more than a decade, author of My Face Is Black Is True (“An …
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
Häftad, 2006
217 kr
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My Face Is Black Is True
Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
E-bok, 2009
182 kr
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In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed historian Dr. Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House (1861-1928) who, seventy years before the civil-rights movement, headed a demand for ex-slave reparations. A widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five, House went …
Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice
Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present
E-bok, 2011
158 kr
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From the head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and noted professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, a groundbreaking book that examines both civil and criminal court cases from the Civil War to the present, to reveal the impact of stereotyping--race, class, gender--on the …
Power in Words
The Stories behind Barack Obama''s Speeches, from the State House to the White House
Av Josh Gottheimer, Mary Frances Berry
E-bok, 2010
228 kr
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Whatever his ratings, Obama remains personally popular, widely acknowledged for his soaring oratory. His words were one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and are proving to be among his most effective governing weapons. In Power in Words, distinguished historian and civil rights …
Power in Words
The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House
Av Mary Frances Berry, Josh Gottheimer
Häftad, 2011
316 kr
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History Teaches Us to Resist
How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times
E-bok, 2018
285 kr
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Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times. Despair and mourning after the election of an antagonistic or polarizing president, such as Donald Trump, is part of the push-pull of American politics. But in this incisive book, historian …
Slavery After Slavery
Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
Inbunden, 2025
335 kr
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An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them While the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, white southerners established a system of apprenticeship after the Civil …
Slavery After Slavery
Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
Häftad, 2026
234 kr
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An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them While the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, white southerners established a system of apprenticeship after the Civil …
Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich
Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy
E-bok, 2016
198 kr
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A timely and nonpartisan book on voter manipulation and electoral corruption—and the importance of stimulating voter turnout and participation Though voting rights are fundamental to American democracy, felon disfranchisement, voter identification laws, and hard-to-access polling locations with …
Black Resistance/White Law
A History of Constitutional Racism in America
E-bok, 1995
78 kr
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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 …
Politics of Parenthood
Child Care, Women''s Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother
E-bok, 1994
114 kr
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A distinguished scholar presents a landmark historical perspective on parenthood in America. This trailblazing book suggests that behind the rhetoric of maternal responsibility are issues of power, resources, and control. "Berry''s book could be a significant impetus for corporate executives and …
