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

Title:

ISBN:

9781635574258

Personal Author:

Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine)

Publication Information:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Physical Description:

258 pages ; 25 cm

Contents:

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:

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.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment -- History.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations

Subject Term:

Firearms -- Law and legislation--United States -- History.

Firearms ownership -- Government policy--United States -- History

Gun control--United States -- History.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History

Black people--United States -- Civil rights -- History.

OCLC Number:

on1252628357