civil rights

Analyzes property rights in the context of constitutional and private law from the late colonial era to the present, explaining how property rights were established, defended, and sometimes reinterpreted.

Provides an overview of the history of American rights, from 1500 to the late 1990s; describes the experiences of various ethnic, religious, racial, and cultural minorities with regard to their rights; discusses the general rights that all Americans share; and includes excerpts from major court decisions.

Explores the rights guaranteed by the first ten amendments to the Constitution, why that Bill of Rights was considered necessary, and how it formed the basis of similar documents in the United States and abroad.

A discussion of the rights and responsibilities that citizens of the United States share and how civil rights issues affect young people.

Presents opposing viewpoints on the impact of China in the twentieth century.

In the sixties, when Sheryl's Uncle Pete joins the Freedom Riders down South, she organizes a gospel concert in Brooklyn to help him.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of defendant rights in the U.S. criminal justice system and examines the Bill of Rights, issues such as Due Process and the Patriot Act, and key Supreme Court cases.

Draws on FBI and U.S. marshal files, army and university records, and personal papers to reveal the University of Mississippi's history of aggressive resistance to desegregation and argues that the riot that followed James Meredith's admittance to the university as its first African-American student was just another inevitable clash of the civil rights movement.

Molly Ivins reveals many instances where the Bill of Rights has been violated by the American government, exploring how political leaders have infringed on the individual rights of Americans in the name of national security.

The author, a Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News, details how the federal government has abused its power since September 11, and why he believes that the freedoms that Americans have enjoyed in the past are slowly being seized away.