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Amendment That Refused to Die: Equality and Justice Deferred: A History of the Fourteenth Amendment
Amendment That Refused to Die Equality and Justice Deferred A History of the Fourteenth Amendment Author:Howard N. Meyer Examines the passage of, & assault on, the 14th Amend. to the Constitution that guarantees equality & justice for all people. Explores the sinister reaction against the Amend. reform, from judicial sabotage & KKK terrorism to the separate but equal debacle of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Investigates the Amend. impact on more recent issues, such ... more »as institutionalized segregation & police misconduct, as well as the challenges faced by those who would extend the amend. protections to the interests of labor, women, homosexuals, & legal immigrants. Analyzes the attacks on the Amend. that not only threaten affirmative action, desegregation, voting rights, abortion rights, gay rights, protection from the tyranny of the State, & due process, but the amendment itself.« less