Thomas J. Davis
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Fear and the First Amendment: Controversial Cases of the Roberts Court
An insightful read about using fear to frame public policies for political advantage. For First Amendment scholars and general readers alike.
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Black Elders: The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom
A readily accessible read for all interested in the chronic, painful, physical, and mental battles that marked the daily lives of enslaved and emancipated Black people approaching the end of life, reckoning with their prospects, and reflecting on their mortality. This book centers elders, their roles, and day-to-day class and gender relations and demonstrates how Black communities cared for each other as they tried to maintain material and moral intergenerational bonds during and immediately after the era of enslavement.
The Black Box: Writing the Race
A must for scholars, yet still accessible to general audiences, by arguably the preeminent scholar of African American studies. This gem brilliantly reflects multiple depictions of what it means to be a Black American amid complex, structured interracial and color-based discrimination discourses, in which writing and language are keys.
The Law of Presidential Impeachment: A Guide for the Engaged Citizen
A clear and comprehensive primer about the culture and values required to operate constitutional government as the country’s founders intended. This is, indeed, an imperative read for engaged citizens.
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Law Democratized: A Blueprint for Solving the Justice Crisis
Measurably advances the conversation about ways to meet people’s legal needs. This narrative demands the attention of readers interested in making the legal system work for everyone, regardless of their resources.
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Old Age and American Slavery
This engaging and vast range of historiography exposes fresh layers of the complex, conditional, and contested interactions that differentiated the lived experiences of enslavers vs. the enslaved. An essential read for all students of the history of enslavement in the United States.
Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century
A book to read, reread, use as a reference, share, explain, and inspire the continuing struggles of Black women to achieve wholeness for themselves, their communities, and their society.
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The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement
This work demands the attention of scholars and students of social mobilization and the construction, operation, and corruption of collective memory. Its message of how contentious U.S. politics warp democracy, however, deserves a general reading.
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Lifting the Chains: The Black Freedom Struggle Since Reconstruction
For readers who need persuading of the numerous reasons why Black people still face daily battles against discrimination in the United States.
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