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The second : race and guns in a fatally unequal America Cover Image Book Book

The second : race and guns in a fatally unequal America / Carol Anderson.

Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine), (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1635574250
  • ISBN: 9781635574258
  • ISBN: 9781635574258
  • ISBN: 1635574250
  • Physical Description: 258 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : "Why did you shoot him, sir?" -- "Sheep will never make a revolution" -- Keeping a ferocious monster in chains -- The right to kill negroes -- How can I be unarmed when my blackness is the weapon that you fear? -- Epilogue : Racism lies around like a loaded weapon.
Summary, etc.:
Investigates the history and impact of the Second Amendment, how it was designed, and how it has been constructed from the start to keep African Americans powerless and vulnerable.

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Subject: Firearms > Law and legislation > United States > History.
United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment > History.
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African Americans > Civil rights > History.
United States > Race relations.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield.

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