Unlocking Current Issues: Race and the Law

"Equality and justice for all." This founding principle of America has been evolving through fits and starts since the country's inception. Race and the Law traces the intersection of race and the law from America's earliest days, through the of slavery, the civil rights movement, and into the twenty-first century. Various points-of-view and key players in the public discourse are represented, with a clear summary of positions. Contemporary opinions from across the political and cultural spectrum are represented.