Racial discrimination / Mitchell Young, book editor.

Incluye bibliografía.

Upholding legalized segregation. Case overview: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) The Court´s opinion: forced segregation is constitutional / Henry B. Brown -- Dissenting opinion: the Plessy decision will lead to racial conflict / John Harlan -- Segregation denies blacks libery and equality / Albion W. Tourgée -- Plessy was a major setback for black civil rights / A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. -- The reasoning of Plessy has not been overturned / Charles A. Lofgren. Outlawing school segregation. Case overview: Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The District Court´s opinion: school segregation is constitutional / Walter Huxman -- The Supreme Court´s opinion: segregated schools are unconstitutional / Earl Warren -- Brown violates states´ rights / A group of Congressmen -- Equality in education is more important than integration / Derrick A. Bell -- Brown was a landmark for civil rights / Edward Lazarus -- The effects of Brown are being eroded / Phillip Boyle. Declaring hate crime laws constitutional. Case overview: Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993). The court´s opinion: hate crime laws do not violate free speech rights / William H. Rehnquist -- Hate crimes´ destructiveness justifies stricter sentences / Henry J. Silberberg -- Mitchell was a poorly conceived ruling / Jeffrey Rosen -- The debate over hate crime laws / John Spong. Legalizing racial preferences in college admissions. Case overview: Grutter v. Bollinger (2003). The court´s opinion: racial preferences are permitted in college admissions / Sandra Day O´Connor -- Dissenting opinion: racial balancing in college admissions in unconstitutional / William H. Rehnquist -- Race-based college admissions violate individual rights / A. Lee Parks Jr. -- Grutter will lead to disguised racial discrimination / Carl Cohen -- Grutter will lead to increased opportunities for minorities / William G. Bowen.

Presents extracts and analysis of recent court decisions dealing with racial discrimination, covering such issues as outlawing school segregation, prosecution of hate crimes, and racial balancing in the college admission process.