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Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal
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Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process Paperback - 1996

by Higginbotham, Jr., A. Leon

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A magisterial account of the interaction between the law and racial oppression in America, from colonial times to the present, this book demonstrates how the one agent that should have guaranteed equal treatment before the law--the judicial system--instead played a dominant role in enforcing the inferior position of blacks. 43 photos.

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Edition Not Specified. Very Good/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Softcover. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Bright copy. Strong and tight binding. Corners are bumped.
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  • New York Times, 09/06/1998, Page 24

About the author

A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. is Public Service Professor of Jurisprudence at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Of Counsel to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison. He was formerly Chief Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His landmark volume, In the Matter of Color, won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award and the National Bar Association's Literary Award.