Negroes and the Law, in the Race's Battle for Liberty, Equality, and Justice Under the Constitution of the United States
Boston: Christopher Publishing House, 1937.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 320 pp, bound in original red pebbled cloth. Corners bumped, spine ends rubbed, small label of The Langston Civic Club of America, Philadelphia, on the front pastedown. Binding sound, text clean. No dust jacket. In the Preface, the author explains that this book grew out of a "previous effort to give some data on the battle of the Negro at the bar of justice" in a speech before the National Bar Association. That data has here been augmented with "some celebrated cases which I consider milestones in the Negro's fight to secure his full constitutional rights as a citizen." "I do not hope to make a lawyer out the reader of this book," he continues, "but I do believe you wll know more about your rights and be wiser thereby." The text includes chapters on the civil rights, the rights of an accused defendant, the right to counsel, the NAACP, the need for Black lawyers, and more.
Item #24001
Price: $250.00