A new birth of freedom : the forgotten history of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments /

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Main Authors: Newman, Nathan (Author), Gass, J. J. (Author)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, [2004]
Series:Judicial independence series.
Brennan Center for Justice publications at NYU School of Law.
Civil rights and social justice.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: from the Colfax Massacre in the 1870s to the rape of Christy Brzonkala in the 1990s
  • Strong national power under the pre-Civil War court
  • Creating the New Birth Constitution
  • Reconstruction legislation under the New Birth Amendments
  • How the Klan and court killed Reconstruction
  • The second Reconstruction
  • The Rehnquist court revives reviled precedents
  • Conclusion: Restoring the civic memory of the New Birth Constitution.