Books by "Lawrence B. Phillips"
12 books found
How the Supreme Court turned a blind eye on justice, stripped away the equal rights promised to all Americans, and ushered in the era of Jim Crow. On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed reached the highest court in the land. Yet, following one of the most ghastly incidents of mass murder in American history, not one person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help create a society in which Black Americans were oppressed and denied basic human rights—legally, according to the courts. These injustices paved the way for Jim Crow and would last for the next hundred years. Many continue to exist to this day. In this compelling and thoroughly researched volume for young readers, Lawrence Goldstone traces the evolution of the law and the fascinating characters involved in the story of how the Supreme Court helped institutionalize racism in the American justice system. "Spotlighting an event seldom discussed in books for young people, Goldstone provides a complex, useful historical context for understanding issues surrounding race and justice." — Booklist (starred review) "A unique look at not only the massacre in question, but also at the history and workings of the Supreme Court of the United States." —School Library Connection "The book is, in large part, the story of how racism evolves, persisting in laws and politics despite major social advances." — The Horn Book (starred review)
Jurist Prudent -- The Judicial Opinions of Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., Volume 1
by Lawrence L. Koontz (Jr), Barbara M. Keenan (Foreword)
2011 · Lulu.com
Upon his retirement from active service as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2011, Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr. had completed more than four decades of service to citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In order to recognize that service and help preserve Justice Koontz legacy as one of the outstanding jurists in Virginia and the United States, the Salem/Roanoke County Bar Association instituted this project to collect all of Justice Koontz's published opinions, both from his tenure as a Justice of the Supreme Court and as an inaugural member of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. The first volume to be produced by the Opinions Project includes opinions, concurrences and dissents authored by Justice Koontz during the first five years of his service on the Court of Appeals. During this time, he served as Chief Judge of the Court, having been elected to that position following the sudden and untimely death of E. Ballard Baker, the first Chief Judge of the Court.
Jurist Prudent -- The Judicial Opinions of Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., Volume 2
by Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., James W. Benton, Jr. (Foreword), John S. Koehler (Editor)
2011 · Lulu.com
Upon his retirement from active service as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2011, Justice Koontz had completed more than four decades of service to citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In order to recognize that service and help preserve Justice Koontz's legacy as one of the outstanding jurists in Virginia and the United States, the Salem/Roanoke County Bar Association instituted this project to collect all of Justice Koontz's published opinions, both from his tenure as a Justice of the Supreme Court and as an inaugural member of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. The second volume to be produced by the Opinions Project includes opinions, concurrences and dissents authored by Justice Koontz during the majority of his second four-year term as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. This volume includes the opinions addressing the contempt citations brought against the United Mine Workers during the 1989-1990 Pittston Coal Strike.
Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Volume 1
by Vera Brodsky Lawrence
1995 · University of Chicago Press
In Strong on Music Vera Brodsky Lawrence uses the diaries of lawyer and music lover George Templeton Strong as a jumping-off point from which to explore every aspect of New York City's musical life in the mid-nineteenth century. Formerly a concert pianist, Vera Brodsky Lawrence spent the last third of her life as a historian of American music (she died in 1996). She was editor of The Piano Works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and The Complete Works of Scott Joplin. On Volume 1: "A marvelous book. There is nothing like it in the literature of American music."—Harold C. Schonberg, New York Times Book Review On Volume 2: "A monumental achievement."—Victor Fell Yellin, Opera Quarterly
When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness, Levine uncovered a cultural treasure trove, illuminating a rich and complex African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts--work that dated from before and after emancipation. The fact that these ideas and sources seem so commonplace now is in large part due this book and the scholarship that followed in its wake. A landmark work that was part of the "cultural turn" in American history, Black Culture and Black Consciousness profoundly influenced an entire generation of historians and continues to be read and taught. For this anniversary reissue, Levine wrote a new preface reflecting on the writing of the book and its place within intellectual trends in African American and American cultural history.
Lambert Janse VanAlstyne (d.1703) was the son of Dutch immigrant Jan Martense VanAlstyne (d.ca. 1698). Lambert married Jannetje Mingael about 1682, and lived at Kinderhook, New York. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Kansas, Texas, California and elsewhere., 7353ZLCPD.
First published in 1949, Frank Lawrence Owsley’s Plain Folk of the Old South refuted the popular myth that the antebellum South contained only three classes—planters, poor whites, and slaves. Owsley draws on a wide range of source materials—firsthand accounts such as diaries and the published observations of travelers and journalists; church records; and county records, including wills, deeds, tax lists, and grand-jury reports—to accurately reconstruct the prewar South’s large and significant “yeoman farmer” middle class. He follows the history of this group, beginning with their migration from the Atlantic states into the frontier South, charts their property holdings and economic standing, and tells of the rich texture of their lives: the singing schools and corn shuckings, their courtship rituals and revival meetings, barn raisings and logrollings, and contests of marksmanship and horsemanship such as “snuffing the candle,” “driving the nail,” and the “gander pull.” A new introduction by John B. Boles explains why this book remains the starting point today for the study of society in the Old South.
“Very informative—includes subject areas that have remained underserved in terms of historiography.”—Paul George, Resident Historian, HistoryMiami Museum Making Miami takes a deep dive into the history, growth, and development of the city not just in terms of real estate but also a number of other topics, including the expansion of a transportation and infrastructural network; tourism; the natural ecosystem and threats from residential, recreational, and industrial development; and issues of race, class, ethnicity, immigration, and nationality. The history of Miami unfolds chronologically, revealing how real estate has consistently fueled its growth. The narrative begins in the Roaring Twenties, when substantial investments flooded into Florida, sparking a land boom that attracted both investors and new residents. The decades of the 1920’s and 30’s transformed Miami from a sleepy southern town into the unique city it is today. As the Great Depression cast its shadow, a handful of bold developers took center stage, creating the iconic art deco district of South Beach. The active World War II years saw Miami become a home for many servicemen and servicewomen stationed there. Postwar challenges in the 1960s and 1970s tested the city’s resilience, as the economic engine sputtered and urban strife reshaped its fabric. However, the 1980s marked a construction renaissance for Miami, driven by funds from sometimes questionable sources. Despite occasional setbacks, Miami’s real estate market is once again thriving, drawing people from far and wide to visit or make it their home.