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  • THE RACE PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA. by Cotton, Walter Aidan BA.
    Cotton, Walter Aidan BA.
    THE RACE PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Edition: Facsimile reprint.

    New York: Negro Universities Press . (1969). Hardcover - A work originally published in wrappers in 1926. Introduction by Edwin W. Smith who calls the problem one of "appalling complexity." Includes chapters on Race integrity and equality of opportunity, Intermarriage and Territorial segregation. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-837124411.

    Condition: Very near fine in brown cloth with gold lettering on spine (lettering slightly rubbed, book is tight and clean, as new)

    Book ID: 78667
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  • THE NEGROES IN A SOVIET AMERICA. by Ford, James W. and James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach, 1906-1986)
    Ford, James W. and James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach, 1906-1986)
    THE NEGROES IN A SOVIET AMERICA.

    Edition: Later reprint.

    New York: Workers Library Publishers 1935 (1945). Offset reprint by American Opinion, Belmont, Massachusetts from a similar reprint in 1945 by The National Economic Council. Co-author James S. Allen's exposure of the case of the Scottsboro Boys in The Southern Worker has been credited with saving them from execution. Includes the complete 47 pp 1935 edition, plus a 2 pp addendum from The National Economic Council (final page and inside back cover) on "What's Back of Anti-Discrimination Bills" (which concludes that they are "one more attempt of the Communists to stir up trouble" and that discrimination is "merely the expression of 117 million non-Negroes and non-Jews of their choice of employees or fellow-employees or of companions or associates." An interesting example of warring propaganda.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated stapled wrappers.

    Book ID: 88232
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  • FROM CHINESE EXCLUSION TO GUANTNAMO BAY: Plenary Power and the Prerogative State. by Saito, Natsu Taylor.
    Saito, Natsu Taylor.
    FROM CHINESE EXCLUSION TO GUANTNAMO BAY: Plenary Power and the Prerogative State.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boulder: University Press of Colorado, (2006). First edition - "Continuous expansion of executive power is igniting national debate: Is the administration authorized to detain people without charges or access to counsel, due process, or a fair trial? Is torture acceptable as long as it doesn't happen on U.S. soil? In a new study of the use of plenary power - the doctrine under which U.S. courts have allowed the exercise of U.S. jurisdiction without concomitant constitutional protection - Natsu Taylor Saito puts contemporary policies in historical perspective, illustrating how such extensions of power have been upheld by courts from the 1880s to the present.. .Saito explains how the rights of individuals and groups deemed Other by virtue of race…

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    Boulder: University Press of Colorado, (2006). First edition - "Continuous expansion of executive power is igniting national debate: Is the administration authorized to detain people without charges or access to counsel, due process, or a fair trial? Is torture acceptable as long as it doesn't happen on U.S. soil? In a new study of the use of plenary power - the doctrine under which U.S. courts have allowed the exercise of U.S. jurisdiction without concomitant constitutional protection - Natsu Taylor Saito puts contemporary policies in historical perspective, illustrating how such extensions of power have been upheld by courts from the 1880s to the present.. .Saito explains how the rights of individuals and groups deemed Other by virtue of race or national origin have been violated under both the Constitution and international law." Extensive notes. 390 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 89116
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  • NO EXCUSES: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning. by Thernstrom, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom.
    Thernstrom, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom.
    NO EXCUSES: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003). SIGNED hardcover - An appraisal of the racial gap in education today, primarily as it affects Black and Hispanic students, which cites educational inequalities as a central civil rights issue, the limited impact of Title One, Head Start and other reforms, while highlighting inner-city schools that demonstrate models of educational excellence and suggesting ways that educational problems can be overcome. SIGNED by both authors on the title page. Illustrated with charts and figures. Extensive notes, index. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-743204468.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 79178
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