{"product_id":"unjust-deeds-the-restrictive-covenant-cases-and-the-making-of-the-civil-rights-movement-paperback-softback-9781469654812","title":"Unjust Deeds; The Restrictive Covenant Cases and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement (Paperback \/ softback) 9781469654812","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnjust Deeds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Restrictive Covenant Cases and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey D. Gonda (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781469654812\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 July 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.455 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn examination of the simultaneously personal, local, and national dimensions of legal activism in the twentieth century.\" - \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Social Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Raises fundamental philosophical questions that are sure to inspire conversation and debate.\" - \u003ci\u003eMissouri Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A highly readable, well argued, and ultimately convincing reappraisal of the significance of restrictive covenant cases in modern American history.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Social History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gonda's valuable contribution underscores the formidable movement to counter housing discrimination, an area of research long neglected.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well written and argued, \u003ci\u003eUnjust Deeds\u003c\/i\u003e add important details to the story of the black freedom struggle.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1945, six African American families from St. Louis, Detroit, and Washington, D.C., began a desperate fight to keep their homes. Each of them had purchased a property that prohibited the occupancy of African Americans and other minority groups through the use of legal instruments called racial restrictive covenants--one of the most pervasive tools of residential segregation in the aftermath of World War II. Over the next three years, local activists and lawyers at the NAACP fought through the nation's courts to end the enforcement of these discriminatory contracts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnjust Deeds\u003c\/i\u003e explores the origins and complex legacies of their dramatic campaign, culminating in a landmark Supreme Court victory in \u003ci\u003eShelley v. Kraemer\u003c\/i\u003e (1948). Restoring this story to its proper place in the history of the black freedom struggle, Jeffrey D. Gonda's groundbreaking study provides a critical vantage point to the simultaneously personal, local, and national dimensions of legal activism in the twentieth century and offers a new understanding of the evolving legal fight against Jim Crow in neighborhoods and courtrooms across America.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588939772184,"sku":"9781469654812","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unjust-deeds-the-restrictive-covenant-cases-and-the-making-of-the-civil-rights-movement-paperback-softback-9781469654812","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}