Civics and citizenship

If Abraham Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator, he was also the only president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.

Scholars universally acknowledge the role that Christian belief played in the social movement engendered by Martin Luther King Jr.

Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v.

By the time of his death in 1988, Romare Bearden was most widely celebrated for his large-scale public murals and collages, which were reproduced in such places as Time and Esquire to symbolize and evoke the black experience in America.

A long-awaited history that promises to dramatically change our understanding of race in America, What Comes Naturally traces the origins, spread, and demise of miscegenation laws in the United States--laws that banned interracial marriage and sex, most often between whites and members of other races.

American identity has always been capacious as a concept but narrow in its application.

From the moment that the attack on the "e;problem of the color line,"e; as W.

What is the legacy of Brown vs.

Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture was commonly seen as a means of forging community and effecting political change.

In "e;Letter from Birmingham Jail,"e; Martin Luther King, Jr.

Here is the first biography of Mario Savio, the brilliant leader of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement, the largest and most disruptive student rebellion in American history.

When newly-liberated African American slaves attempted to enter the marketplace and exercise their rights as citizens of the United States in 1865, few, if any, Americans expected that, a century and a half later, the class divide between black and white Americans would be as wide as it is today.

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In her first book, Shana Bernstein reinterprets U.

Thurgood Marshall became a living icon of civil rights when he argued Brown v.

Europe's Angry Muslims traces the routes, expectations and destinies of immigrant parents and the plight of their children, transporting both the general reader and specialist from immigrants' ancestral villages to their new enclaves in Europe.

From the gene that causes people to age prematurely to the "e;bitter gene"e; that may spawn broccoli haters, this book explores a few of the more exotic locales on the human genome, highlighting some of the tragic and bizarre ways our bodies go wrong when genes fall prey to mutation and the curious ways in which genes have evolved for our survival.

The arrival of European and Euro-American colonizers in the Americas brought not only physical attacks against Native American tribes, but also further attacks against the sovereignty of these Indian nations.

Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures?

Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life?

Civil War officer, Reconstruction "e;carpetbagger,"e; best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights--Albion Tourgee battled his entire life for racial justice.

In Humanity's Law, renowned legal scholar Ruti Teitel offers a powerful account of one of the central transformations of the post-Cold War era: the profound normative shift in the international legal order from prioritizing state security to protecting human security.

In this groundbreaking work, Kamal Sadiq reveals that most of the world's illegal immigrants are not migrating directly to the US, but to countries in the vast developing world, where they are able to obtain citizenship papers fairly easily.

A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition.

It is well known that World War II gave rise to human rights rhetoric, discredited a racist regime abroad, and provided new opportunities for African Americans to fight, work, and demand equality at home.

As Italy emerged from World War II, the first women entered the national government.

In the rotunda of the nation's Capital a statue pays homage to three famous nineteenth-century American women suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B.

The explosive rise in the U.

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act and a United Nations declaration to end sexual violence in war, to coverage of gang rapes in India, cyberstalking and "e;revenge porn"e;, honor killings, female genital mutilation, and international trafficking.

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act and a United Nations declaration to end sexual violence in war, to coverage of gang rapes in India, cyberstalking and "e;revenge porn"e;, honor killings, female genital mutilation, and international trafficking.

As Italy emerged from World War II, the first women entered the national government.

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International law provides states with a common definition of a "e;refugee"e; as well as guidelines outlining how asylum claims should be decided.

Alice Paul redirected the course of American political history.

Chronic unemployment, deindustrialized cities, and mass incarceration are among the grievous social problems that will not yield unless American citizens address them.

Deep friendship may express profound loyalty, but so too may virulent nationalism.

Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades.

Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades.

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in elective office, including in entry-level political offices.

Known around the world as a bastion of Catholicism and machismo, Latin America has emerged in recent years as the undisputed gay rights leader of the Global South.

Descriptive studies of women in office have well documented the ways in which the gender and race of legislators affects policy preferences.

Religious repression--the non-violent suppression of civil and political rights--is a growing and global phenomenon.

Religious repression--the non-violent suppression of civil and political rights--is a growing and global phenomenon.

Featuring a foreword by Tricia Rose and an Afterword by Cathy J.

Causality dominates today's discussions of LGBT rights: anti-gay voices imagine gay proliferation through seduction, influence, and corruption, while queer communities largely embrace biological determinism, saying they are "e;born gay.

The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory provides a rich overview of the analytical frameworks and theoretical concepts that feminist theorists have developed to analyze the known world.

The world knows the story of young Emmett Till.

The world knows the story of young Emmett Till.

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in elective office, including in entry-level political offices.

Many of the best and brightest citizens of developing countries choose to emigrate to wealthier societies, taking their skills and educations with them.