{"product_id":"racial-justice-in-america-a-reference-handbook-9781576072141","title":"Racial Justice in America: A Reference Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David B. Mustard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Civil Rights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRacial Justice in America\u003c\/i\u003e examines a volatile social issue that is always in the news, focusing on five critical areas: criminal justice, education, employment, living accommodations, and political participation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 1451, Africans were used as slaves in the Madeiras and Canary Islands. Not until 1502 did they arrive in the New World. All told, nearly 10 million Africans--equal to the year 2000 populations of Virginia and Mississippi combined--were transplanted across the Atlantic as slaves. Despite the termination of the U.S. slave trade in l807 and emancipation after the Civil War, members of a racial couple married as late as l958 were jailed for one year for breaking Virginia's antimiscegenation law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo where are we today? This book, which provides historical perspective and a discussion of different types of discrimination, examines how systemic changes have been made and analyzes the debates that still exist.","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085944152215,"sku":"9781576072141","price":6397.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781576072141.webp?v=1767265580","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/racial-justice-in-america-a-reference-handbook-9781576072141","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}