A new birth of freedom : the forgotten history of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments /
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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[New York, New York] :
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law,
[2004]
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Series: | Judicial independence series.
Brennan Center for Justice publications at NYU School of Law. Civil rights and social justice. |
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Online Access: | HeinOnline Brennan Center for Justice Publications HeinOnline 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.