{"product_id":"on-account-of-race-the-supreme-court-white-supremacy-and-the-ravaging-of-african-american-voting-rights-paperback","title":"On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Goldstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Lillian Smith Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning constitutional law historian examines case-based evidence of the court's longstanding racial bias (often under the guise of \"states rights\") to reveal how that prejudice has allowed the court to solidify its position as arguably the most powerful branch of the federal government.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne promise of democracy is the right of every citizen to vote. And yet, from our founding, strong political forces were determined to limit that right. The Supreme Court, Alexander Hamilton wrote, would protect the weak against this very sort of tyranny. Still, as \u003ci\u003eOn Account of Race\u003c\/i\u003e forcefully demonstrates, through the better part of American history the Court has instead been a protector of white rule. And complex threats against the right to vote persist even today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in 1876, the Supreme Court systematically dismantled both the equal protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment and what seemed to be the right to vote in the Fifteenth. And so a half million African Americans across the South who had risked their lives and property to be allowed to cast ballots were stricken from voting rolls by white supremacists. This vacuum allowed for the rise of Jim Crow. None of this was done in the shadows--those determined to wrest the vote from black Americans could not have been more boastful in either intent or execution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Account of Race\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an American tragedy, the only occasion in United States history in which a group of citizens who had been granted the right to vote then had it stripped away. It is a warning that the right to vote is fragile and must be carefully guarded and actively preserved lest American democracy perish.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Goldstone\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five books and numerous articles on constitutional law. His reviews and opinion pieces have appeared in, among other publications, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e. His wife is the noted medieval and renaissance historian, Nancy Goldstone. Find out more at lawrencegoldstone.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766736814368,"sku":"9781640095762","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cf3223d6c45efb417fe3e0fd9bd75df7.webp?v=1780297892","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-account-of-race-the-supreme-court-white-supremacy-and-the-ravaging-of-african-american-voting-rights-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}