Civil Rights in American La, History, and Politics [Paperback]

This book charts the ambiguous and contested meanings of civil rights in law and culture, confronting important questions about race in contemporary America.Civil Rights in the American Story charts the ambiguous and contested meanings of civil rights in law and culture and confronts a variety of important questions about race in contemporary America. It brings together the work of five scholars to offer different ways of talking about civil rights now and in the future.Civil Rights in the American Story charts the ambiguous and contested meanings of civil rights in law and culture and confronts a variety of important questions about race in contemporary America. It brings together the work of five scholars to offer different ways of talking about civil rights now and in the future.Civil Rights in the American Story charts the ambiguous and contested meanings of civil rights in law and culture and confronts a variety of important questions about race in contemporary America. How important is civil rights in America's story of possibility and change? How has it transformed the very meaning of citizenship and identity in American culture? Why does the subject of race continue to haunt the American imagination and continue to play such a large role in political and legal debates? Do affirmative action and multiculturalism promise a way out of racial polarization, or do they sharpen and deepen it? Are there new and better ways to frame our commitment to equal justice? This book brings together the work of five distinguished scholars to critically assess the place of civil rights in the American story. It offers different ways of talking about civil rights and different frames through which we can address issues of civil rights in the future.1. Race law cases in the American story Devon W. Carbado and Rachel Moran; 2. Commentary: race law cases in the American story: Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Grace Lee; 3. Race is evidence: (mis)characterizing blackness in the Americals+