AFAM 346

This course explores the relationship between African Americans and American law, especially but not exclusively American constitutional law. The first part of the course examines important antebellum cases such as Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott).The second part of the course traces two conflicting trajectories of legal decisions that emerged as the federal courts sought to determine whether and how the fourteenth amendment altered race relations in America. The final part of the course begins with the landmark Brown decision and then examines two important domains of American law: race, law, and American educational practices (e.g. desegregation, busing, affirmative action, school assignment policies) and race, law, and the workplace (e.g. employment discrimination, affirmative action).

CO24 - CONN (Connections 200-400 Level), CORE - CN (Connections), INTD - AFAM (African American Studies AFAM), INTD - CLJ (Crime Law Justice Studies CLJ), INTD - EDUC (Education Studies Minor EDUC), INTD - HUM-RACETH (Intd Humanities-Race IHE)