G.A.R. Memorial Library (West Newbury)

Insurrection, rebellion, civil rights, and the paradoxical state of black citizenship, Hawa Allan

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index

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non fiction

Insurrection

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Hawa Allan

rebellion, civil rights, and the paradoxical state of black citizenship

"Long before the uprising at the Capitol, the threat of insurrection has held a mirror to America's highest ideals and deepest fears. The Insurrection Act of 1807-passed amid pervasive fears of slave rebellion-authorizes the president to deploy federal troops to quell domestic uprisings. Invoked during Reconstruction and the civil rights movement, the Act was deployed to enforce the promise of equal citizenship for Black Americans. But the Act has also authorized federal military intervention to suppress so-called race riots after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and during the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion; more recently, President Trump threatened to use the Act in response to the George Floyd racial justice protests. The invocation of the Act to either enforce civil rights or suppress riots, lawyer and cultural critic Hawa Allan argues, reflects the enduring struggle to incorporate Black Americans as full citizens of the United States. She demonstrates how the Insurrection Act exposes America's most enduring conflicts: over racial injustice, human rights, equal citizenship, and federal power"--, Provided by publisher

In the beginning was the word -- Be not afraid or dismayed -- So that every mouth may be silenced -- A house divided -- They will bring a mob against you -- Turn to him the other cheek -- Eye for an eye -- Disaster upon disaster -- The beginning and the end -- Exodus