Race and National Power ─ A Sourcebook of Black Civil Rights from 1862 to 1954

In American history, students are taught about the three branches of government. Most of the time is spent learning about the Executive and the Legislative bodies, but the Judicial branch has had a monumental effect on the course of American history, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the area of civil rights.
Race and National Power: A Sourcebook of Black Civil Rights from 1862 to 1954 gathers together a collection of primary documents on the history of law and civil rights, specifically in regard to race. The sources covered include key Supreme Court decisions, some opinions from other courts as well, and texts written by ordinary people – the victims and perpetrators of racism and the lawmakers who wrote the statutes the courts must interpret.
With helpful headnotes and introductions, Race and National Power: A Sourcebook of Black Civil Rights from 1862 to 1954 is the perfect resource for anyone studying legal history or race in America.

Christopher Waldrep is Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Chair of American History at San Francisco State University. He is author of Lynching in America: A History in Documents.

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: The Civil War Origins of Civil Rights
Chapter 2: The Republicans Debate Civil Rights
Chapter 3: The Republicans Enforce Their Civil Rights Policy
Chpater 4: White and Black Southerners React to Emancipation
Chapter 5: Congress Debates Civil Rights Legislation
Part II: Civil Rights as a Lost Opportunity?
Chapter 6: Enforcing Civil Rights: Sovereign Will and Public Sentiment
Chapter 7: Liberal Republicans
Chapter 8: Social Equality
Chapter 9: President Hayes and the End of Reconstruction
Chapter 10: The Supreme Court
Chapter 11: James G. Blaine Reflects on Reconstruction
Part III: The Black Struggle for Civil Rights
Chapter 12: African Americans COnfront Public Sentiment with - and without -Constitutional Rights
Chapter 13: Segregation
Chapter 14: Voting Rights
Chapter 15: Jury Discrimination
Chpater 16: African Americans as Worthy Citizens
Part IV: The Progressives
Chapter 17: The Progressive State
Chapter 18: Progressive Journalism
Chapter 19: Progressive Dissatisfaction with Law
Chapter 20: Using the Law against Racism
Chapter 21: The Age of Theodore Roosevelt
Chapter 22: Criminal Procedure
Chapter 23: Police Power and Segregation
Part V: The Rise of Mass Democracy
Chapter 24: America as an "Enormous Community"
Chapter 25: The Art and Practice of Mobilizing Public Opinion: Gandhi
Chapter 26: The Parker Nomination
Chapter 27: The Scottsboro Boys
Chapter 28: The NAACP Lobbies for a Law against Lynching
Chapter 29: The Constitutional Revolution
Chapter 30: Struggle and Conflict are Present in All Phases of Life
Chapter 31: Epilogue