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Mary Frances Berry’s landmark book, now fully revised to include developments through the 1990s, critically assesses the federal use of the Constitution as a tool for maintaining a racist status quo. From the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in 1619 to the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the late 20th‑century incidents of Howard Beach, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, Berry argues that federal law enforcement consistently denied Blacks effective legal protection while endorsing surveillance and “constitutional” military force against black dissent. Despite profound social and economic gains for African Americans, the book warns that police abuse and bias crimes continue to threaten their safety and rights.
First publish date: 1971
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Mary Frances Berry
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