The Greatest and the Grandest Act The Civil Rights Act of 1866 from Reconstruction to Today

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. "Membership of a Nation, and Nothing More": The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Narrowing of Citizenship in the Civil War Era -- 2. The Other Citizenship Clause -- 3. The 1866 Civil Rights Act and the Beginning of Military Reconstruction -- 4. "In Accordance with the Spirit of the Times": African American Citizenship and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 in New England Law and Politics -- 5. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 in Kentucky and Missouri -- 6. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 in South Carolina -- 7. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 at the Supreme Court -- 8. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Right to Contract -- 9. The Origins of Arguments over Affirmative Action: Lessons from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- 10. The Janus of Civil Rights Law -- Appendix: The Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- Contributors -- Index -- Back CoverDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

Slavery and Justice: Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

Brown University\u27s report on the university\u27s relationship with slavery and the slave trade. This document was used as a precedent in the University of Denver\u27s study of its relationship with John Evans and the Sand Creek Massacre