Title |
Afro-Americans and the evolution of a living constitution : a symposium of the Smithsonian Institution and the Joint Center for Political Studies : Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, 14th & Constitution Avenue, N.W, Washington, D.C. : March 15-16, 1988. |
OCLC |
ccn00608323 |
Publisher |
[Washington, District of Columbia] : [Smithsonian Institution], [1988] |
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[Getzville, New York] : William S. Hein & Company, [2015] |
Description |
1 online resource (iv, 76 pages, 12 unnumbered pages) : illustrations. |
LC Subject heading/s |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Congresses.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- Congresses.
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LC Genre heading/s |
Electronic books.
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Other Genre heading/s |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Source of Description |
Description based on PDF title page, viewed June 27, 2015. |
Contents |
Opening remarks / Robert McC. Adams, Eddie N. Williams -- Slavery, the Constitution, and the founding fathers / Mary Frances Berry -- Teaching a living constitution / Mabel McKinney-Browning, Peter deLacy, Charles Webb, Charles E. Donegan -- Race and the Constitution in the 19th century / John Hope Franklin -- Race, the courts, and constitutional change in the 19th and 20th centuries / Randall L. Kennedy, Wiley A. Branton -- The twentieth century struggle for constitutional change: litigation, protest, and politics / Darlene Clark Hine, David J. Garrow, Frank R. Parker, Hon. George W. Crockett, Jr. -- The bicentennial of the Constitution: from a racial perspective / A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. -- Race and the politics of constitutional change: Congress and the executive / Matthew Holden, Jr., Gary Orfield -- The impact of the civil rights movement on other groups and communities / W. Richard West, Jr., Karen O'Connor, Harry Pachon -- The legacy of racial discrimination: who pays the cost? / Derrick A. Bell, Jr. -- Racial equality and full citizenship: the unfinished agenda / Julius L. Chambers, Jack O'Dell, William B. Allen, Hon. Don Edwards -- Teleconference / John Hope Franklin, Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Julius L. Chambers, Mary Frances Berry. |
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