The Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Interpretation
To Secure These Rights enters the fascinating--and often contentious--debate over constitutional interpretation. Scott Douglas Gerber here argues that the Constitution of the United States should be interpreted in light of the natural rights political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence and that the Supreme Court is the institution of ......
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in modern black nationalist leaders such as Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X. But what of the ideological precursors to these modern leaders, the writers, and leaders from whose intellectual legacy modern black nationalism emerged? Wilson Jeramiah Moses, whom the Village Voice called one of the ......
Narratives of the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement
This work tells the stories, in their own words, of the New Orleans civil rights workers who fought the racial terrorism that scarred so much of the South in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. The accounts span three generations of activists, tracing their risks, triumphs and disappointments.
Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi
Next to Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X, Bob Moses was arguably one of the most influential and respected leaders of the civil rights movement. Quiet and intensely private, Moses quickly became legendary as a man whose conduct exemplified leadership by example.
In 1993, a dialogue took place. Humanists gathered in Utah, to exchange ideas with Mormons on the topics of feminism, freedom of conscience, academic freedom in Mormon universities, and clashes between "dissent intellectuals" and Mormon church authorities. This book contains twelve essays, all but one presented at the Utah conference.
Pohlman calls for the interpretation of Holmes as a moderate defender of free speech, affording insight into Holmes's basic understanding of American constitutionalism. He argues that Holmes's crucial role was in developing the radical idea that the Constitution is a living entity.
Surveys the history of African-American civil rights in the United States in the 20th century. Beginning with the period of segregation, it examines the contribution of principal figures in the movement and describes the shift in its emphasis from civil rights to Black Power and Pan-Africanism.
To Make the Wounded Whole describes how King's black messianic vision propelled him into fateful encounters with other black leaders, the war in Vietnam, black theology and world liberation movements.
