Race, Place, and the Law, 1836-1948

Race, Place, and the Law, 1836-1948
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9780292789487
ISBN-13 : 0292789483
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Book Synopsis Race, Place, and the Law, 1836-1948 by : David Delaney

Download or read book Race, Place, and the Law, 1836-1948 written by David Delaney and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black and white Americans have occupied separate spaces since the days of "the big house" and "the quarters." But the segregation and racialization of American society was not a natural phenomenon that "just happened." The decisions, enacted into laws, that kept the races apart and restricted blacks to less desirable places sprang from legal reasoning which argued that segregated spaces were right, reasonable, and preferable to other arrangements. In this book, David Delaney explores the historical intersections of race, place, and the law. Drawing on court cases spanning more than a century, he examines the moves and countermoves of attorneys and judges who participated in the geopolitics of slavery and emancipation; in the development of Jim Crow segregation, which effectively created apartheid laws in many cities; and in debates over the "doctrine of changed conditions," which challenged the legality of restrictive covenants and private contracts designed to exclude people of color from white neighborhoods. This historical investigation yields new insights into the patterns of segregation that persist in American society today.


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