The Resource Unpunished murder : the Colfax massacre and the Supreme Court, by Lawrence Goldstone
Unpunished murder : the Colfax massacre and the Supreme Court, by Lawrence Goldstone
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- Summary
- "On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed would reach the highest court in the land. Yet, following one of the most ghastly and barbaric incidents of mass murder in American history, not a single person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help create a society in which black Americans were oppressed and denied basic human rights -- legally, according to the courts. These injustices would last for the next hundred years, and many continue to exist to this day. In this compelling and thoroughly researched volume for young readers, Lawrence Goldstone traces the evolution of the law and the fascinating characters involved in the story of how the Supreme Court helped institutionalize racism in the American justice system"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 262 pages
- Contents
-
- A new government : Alexander Hamilton and "Brutus"
- The Supreme Court is born : John Marshall
- Less than human : Roger Taney and Dred Scott
- Remaking America : Andrew Johnson and Thaddeus Stevens
- Some odd arithmetic : who won the war?
- Two amendments and a dream of equality : John Bingham
- The Klan : Nathan Bedford Forrest and Mary Polk Branch
- Reconstruction in black and white : Harriet Ann Jacobs and Frank Alexander Montgomery
- An island for Freedmen : Colfax
- Fraud runs wild : Samuel McEnery and William Kellogg
- Reconstruction ascendant : Blanche K. Bruce
- Massacre : James Hadnot
- The wheels of justice : J.R. Beckwith
- Civil rights on trial
- Is justice language or an idea? : Joseph P. Bradley
- The most important judge in the nation : Morrison Waite
- Civil rights : Charles Sumner
- One hundred years of freedom : Philadelphia and the White League
- The end of the line
- President by one vote : the Fifteenth Man
- Isbn
- 9781338239454
- Label
- Unpunished murder : the Colfax massacre and the Supreme Court
- Title
- Unpunished murder
- Title remainder
- the Colfax massacre and the Supreme Court
- Statement of responsibility
- by Lawrence Goldstone
- Subject
-
- 1800-1899
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Crimes against
- African Americans -- Crimes against | History -- Louisiana | Colfax -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueCivil rights
- Constitutional law
- trueConstitutional law
- Constitutional law -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- trueDiscrimination
- History
- Juvenile works
- Louisiana
- trueLouisiana
- Louisiana -- Colfax
- Massacres
- trueMassacres
- Massacres -- Louisiana | Colfax -- Juvenile literature
- trueRacism
- trueRacism in criminology
- trueRacism in politics and government
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- Juvenile literature
- Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
- trueReconstruction (United States history)
- United States
- trueUnited States -- History -- 1865-1898
- United States, Supreme Court
- United States, Supreme Court -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueWhite supremacists
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed would reach the highest court in the land. Yet, following one of the most ghastly and barbaric incidents of mass murder in American history, not a single person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help create a society in which black Americans were oppressed and denied basic human rights -- legally, according to the courts. These injustices would last for the next hundred years, and many continue to exist to this day. In this compelling and thoroughly researched volume for young readers, Lawrence Goldstone traces the evolution of the law and the fascinating characters involved in the story of how the Supreme Court helped institutionalize racism in the American justice system"--
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2018.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10686675
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Goldstone, Lawrence
- Dewey number
- 976.3/67
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
-
- 12-18
- 1260L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- F379.C59
- LC item number
- G65 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 7
- 9
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- United States
- Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
- African Americans
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Constitutional law
- Massacres
- African Americans
- Constitutional law
- Massacres
- Louisiana
- Louisiana
- United States
- Target audience
- juvenile
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice
- Label
- Unpunished murder : the Colfax massacre and the Supreme Court, by Lawrence Goldstone
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A new government : Alexander Hamilton and "Brutus" -- The Supreme Court is born : John Marshall -- Less than human : Roger Taney and Dred Scott -- Remaking America : Andrew Johnson and Thaddeus Stevens -- Some odd arithmetic : who won the war? -- Two amendments and a dream of equality : John Bingham -- The Klan : Nathan Bedford Forrest and Mary Polk Branch -- Reconstruction in black and white : Harriet Ann Jacobs and Frank Alexander Montgomery -- An island for Freedmen : Colfax -- Fraud runs wild : Samuel McEnery and William Kellogg -- Reconstruction ascendant : Blanche K. Bruce -- Massacre : James Hadnot -- The wheels of justice : J.R. Beckwith -- Civil rights on trial -- Is justice language or an idea? : Joseph P. Bradley -- The most important judge in the nation : Morrison Waite -- Civil rights : Charles Sumner -- One hundred years of freedom : Philadelphia and the White League -- The end of the line -- President by one vote : the Fifteenth Man
- Control code
- 1963123
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9781338239454
- Lccn
- 2017055119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781338239454
- (OCoLC)1042077189
- Label
- Unpunished murder : the Colfax massacre and the Supreme Court, by Lawrence Goldstone
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A new government : Alexander Hamilton and "Brutus" -- The Supreme Court is born : John Marshall -- Less than human : Roger Taney and Dred Scott -- Remaking America : Andrew Johnson and Thaddeus Stevens -- Some odd arithmetic : who won the war? -- Two amendments and a dream of equality : John Bingham -- The Klan : Nathan Bedford Forrest and Mary Polk Branch -- Reconstruction in black and white : Harriet Ann Jacobs and Frank Alexander Montgomery -- An island for Freedmen : Colfax -- Fraud runs wild : Samuel McEnery and William Kellogg -- Reconstruction ascendant : Blanche K. Bruce -- Massacre : James Hadnot -- The wheels of justice : J.R. Beckwith -- Civil rights on trial -- Is justice language or an idea? : Joseph P. Bradley -- The most important judge in the nation : Morrison Waite -- Civil rights : Charles Sumner -- One hundred years of freedom : Philadelphia and the White League -- The end of the line -- President by one vote : the Fifteenth Man
- Control code
- 1963123
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9781338239454
- Lccn
- 2017055119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781338239454
- (OCoLC)1042077189
Subject
- 1800-1899
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Crimes against
- African Americans -- Crimes against | History -- Louisiana | Colfax -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueCivil rights
- Constitutional law
- trueConstitutional law
- Constitutional law -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- trueDiscrimination
- History
- Juvenile works
- Louisiana
- trueLouisiana
- Louisiana -- Colfax
- Massacres
- trueMassacres
- Massacres -- Louisiana | Colfax -- Juvenile literature
- trueRacism
- trueRacism in criminology
- trueRacism in politics and government
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- Juvenile literature
- Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
- trueReconstruction (United States history)
- United States
- trueUnited States -- History -- 1865-1898
- United States, Supreme Court
- United States, Supreme Court -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueWhite supremacists
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