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United States v. Cruikshank

Further Readings



  • Burns, James MacGregor. A People's Charter: The Pursuit of Rights in America. New York: Knopf, 1991.
  • Emerson, Thomas Irwin. Political and Civil Rights in the United States: a Collection of Legal and Related Materials. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.
  • Foner, Eric. "The New View of Reconstruction." American Heritage, October 1983, pp. 10-16
  • Franklin, John Hope. "Mirror for Americans: a Century of Reconstruction History." American Historical Review, February 1980, pp. 1-14
  • Johnson, John W., ed. Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
  • Neely, Mark E. The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties, New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  • Nieman, Donald G. Promises to Keep: African Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Additional topics

Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1833 to 1882United States v. Cruikshank - Significance, Southern Racism Makes A Comeback, The Supreme Court Delivers A Crushing Blow, Hate Crimes