The Constitution and American Racism

Setting a Course for Lasting Injustice

The Constitution and American Racism
David P Madden
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h229 x 152mm - 162pg
30 Jan 2021 US
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9781476683942
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Racism has permeated the workings of the U. S. Constitution since ratification. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, supporters of slavery ensured it was protected by rule of law. The federal government upheld slavery until it was abolished by the Civil War; then supported the South' s Jim Crow power structure. From Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era until today, veneration of the Constitution has not prevented lynching, segregation, voter intimidation or police brutality against people of color. In 2016, the Electoral College-a Constitutional accommodation for slaveholding aristocrats who feared popular government-gave the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote by the widest margin in U. S. history. This book describes how pernicious flaws in the Constitution, included to legalize profiting from human bondage, perpetuate systemic racism, economic inequality and the subversion of democracy.
David P. Madden is a retired trial lawyer having tried a substantial number of cases in federal and state courts throughout the U. S. He was a National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Civil Trial Advocate, AV rated for professionalism and ethics by Martindale Hubbell, a Lieutenant Colonel in the JAG Corps, and taught law, American history and military history at the college level. He lives in Dayton, Ohio.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781476683942
Published: 30 Jan 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 8mm
Pages: 162

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