Promises to keep : African-Americans and the constitutional order, 1776 to the present /

Promises to keep : African-Americans and the constitutional order, 1776 to the present /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nieman, Donald G.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Description:	xiii, 275 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Organization of American Historians bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights
Subject:	African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements -- United States -- History. Civil rights -- United States -- History African Americans -- Civil rights. Civil rights. Civil rights movements. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1127162

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ISBN:	0195055608 (cloth) 0195055616 (paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Editor's Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. With Liberty for Some: The Old Constitution and the Rights of Blacks, 1776-1846
2. Law and Liberty, 1830-1860
3. The National Commitment to Civil Equality, 1861-1870
4. Equality Deferred, 1870-1900
5. The Age of Segregation, 1900-1950
6. The Civil Rights Movement and American Law, 1950-1969
7. The Elusive Quest for Equality, 1969-1990
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Table of Cases
Index