June, 2010

A Note on Shelley v. Kraemer

by Jason Kuznicki
The Conversation
June 28th, 2010

Commenters at The Volokh Conspiracy have been asking us for comment about the controversial case Shelley vs. Kraemer (1948).  This case concerned racially restrictive (though nominally private) contracts for property transfer. Suppose, as happened in Buchanan v. Warley, that the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated government-crafted racial zoning laws.  And suppose that in response, white property [...]

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“You Haven’t Freed Nobody”

by Sheldon Richman
The Conversation
June 26th, 2010

David Bernstein remains unconvinced that a massive nonviolent direct-action movement could have broken the Southern white-supremacist business cartel without Title II. We’ll never know, of course. But we do know that incredible progress was being made. Yes, the national department-store chains, such as Woolworth’s, were desegregating their lunch counters under pressure from the student sit-in [...]

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