"Matters of Color"--Blacks and the Constitutional Order.

Loury, Glenn C.

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ERIC Number: EJ363023

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Publication Date: 1987

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"Matters of Color"--Blacks and the Constitutional Order.

Loury, Glenn C.

Public Interest, n86 p109-23 Win 1987

Questions whether the American constitutional order is capable of accommodating an equal citizenship for Blacks. Maintains that the inequality of condition that Black Americans endure is rooted in social as much as in legal practice. Improving the situation requires individual accountability on the part of Blacks. (PS)

Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Equal Protection, Federal Government, Government Role, Governmental Structure, Personal Autonomy, Social Change, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: United States Constitution

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