{"product_id":"black-resistancewhite-law-isbn-9780140232981","title":"Black Resistance\/White Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the government has used the Constitution to deny black Americans their legal rights\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the arrival of the first twenty slaves in Jamestown to the Howard Beach Incident of 1986, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, federal law enforcement has pleaded lack of authority against white violence while endorsing surveillance of black rebels and using “constitutional” military force against them. In this groundbreaking study, constitutional scholar Mary Frances Berry analyzes the reasons why millions of African Americans whose lives have improved enormously, both socially and economically, are still at risk of police abuse and largely unprotected from bias crimes.“Once you’ve read this book, your understanding of race relations and your vision of America will be changed forever.”—Don Edwards, former U.S. Representative \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBlack Resistance\/White Law\u003c\/i\u003e offers an opportunity to revisit a historical experience that the successes of the civil rights movement of the past fifty years have allowed many of us to forget.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Frances Berry\u003c\/b\u003e is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of nine books. The recipient of thirty-three honorary degrees, she has been chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, is a regular contributor to Politico, and has appeared on \u003ci\u003eReal Time with Bill Maher\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnderson Cooper 360\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTavis Smiley\u003c\/i\u003e, and PBS's \u003ci\u003eNewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301868654821,"sku":"NP9780140232981","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140232981.jpg?v=1767722717","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/black-resistancewhite-law-isbn-9780140232981","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}