Harvard Law Professor Kennedy argues that although its application is grievously flawed and terribly biased against people of color, the American legal system has come a long way since the days of the Scottsboro trial. One of the nation's leading black academics and the founding editor of "Reconstruction", an inclusive review of the issue of race, ...
NIGGER: THE STRANGE CAREER OF A TROUBLESOME WORD explores the etymology, usage, and cultural signification of the highly charged "N-word" in American life. Kennedy, a Harvard law professor, unravels layers and layers of histories, experiences, and perspectives--and addresses the many controversies that arise from the use of that epithet.
The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Leaving perhaps 150 dead, 30 city blocks burned to the ground, and more than a thousand families homeless, the riot represented an unprecedented breakdown of the rule of law. It reduced the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, to rubble. In ...
From the author of "Nigger" and "Race, Crime, and the Law" comes a tour de force about the controversial issue of personal interracial intimacy as it exists within ever-changing American social mores and within the rule of law.
In the wake of his controversial national bestseller, "Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word," Kennedy grapples brilliantly and judiciously with another stigma of racial discourse: "selling out," or racial betrayal, which is a subject of much anxiety and acrimony in Black America.
The stretch of shore running from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the Lowcountry of South Carolina offers an amazing array of places to stay, places to eat, adventures and attractions. "100 Secrets of the Carolina Coast" includes the best lesser-known, off-the-beaten-path travel tips. There's something for everyone with a wide variety of ...
The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Leaving perhaps 150 dead, 30 city blocks burned to the ground, and more than a thousand families homeless, the riot represented an unprecedented breakdown of the rule of law. It reduced the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma to rubble. In ...
The history of blacks at Harvard mirrors, for better or for worse, the history of blacks in the United States. Harvard, too, has been indelibly scarred by slavery, exclusion, segregation, and other forms of racist oppression. At the same time, the nation's oldest university has also, at various times, stimulated, supported, or allowed itself to be ...
Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as a lawyer, oral arguments for the landmark school desegregation cases, investigative reports on race riots and racism in the Army, speeches and articles outlining the history of civil rights and criticising the actions of ...
This book rescues readers from the gridlock usually associated with a trip to the Smoky Mountains (from March though December each year commercialized tourist meccas in the area are jammed with tens of thousands of visitors) and transports them into nearby undiscovered country, along the way providing the ultimate insiders' guide to the Smokies.
The history of blacks at Harvard mirrors, for better or for worse, the history of blacks in the United States. Harvard, too, has been indelibly scarred by slavery, exclusion, segregation, and other forms of racist oppression. At the same time, the nation's oldest university has also, at various times, stimulated, supported, or allowed itself to be ...
Aimed at readers who are making or thinking about the switch to Windows NT, this book helps readers understand the capabilities and limitations of Windows NT.
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