TY - BOOK AU - Weatherford,Carole Boston TI - The African-American struggle for legal equality in American history SN - 9780766014152 AV - E 185 .W378 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Berkeley Heights, NJ PB - Enslow KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Equality before the law KW - United States KW - Slavery KW - Racism KW - Race relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index N2 - Traces the African American struggle, from slavery to the present, to overcome racism and racist laws thereby becoming constitutionally and legally equal to other American citizens ER -