100 Americans Making Constitutional History: A Biographical History

by Melvin I. (Irving) Urofsky (Editor)

Overview

100 Americans Making Constitutional History: A Biographical History presents 100 profiles of the key people behind some of the most important U.S. Supreme Court cases. Edited by Melvin I. Urofsky, a respected constitutional historian, each 2,000-word profile delves into the social and political context behind landmark Court decisions. For example, while a case like Brown v. Board of Education is about an important idea the equal protection of the law at its heart it is the story of a little girl, Linda Brown, who wanted to go to a decent school near her home. The outcome is accessible and objective stories about the individuals heroes and scoundrels who fought their way to constitutional history.

100 Americans Making Constitutional History helps students understand the human side of the Supreme Court's decisions from the early republic to the present. Each biographical profile, written by a constitutional scholar or legal analyst, includes a discussion about the Court decision and how the specific legal issues evolved into great constitutional questions and drama. It puts a face and history to major cases by reminding the reader that there are people behind them, seeking vindication of their individual liberties and civil rights.

Each profile includes a brief bibliography for further research. Excellent for undergraduate students studying American government, American history, Constitutional Law and journalism.

Sample List of Litigants

• Larry Flynt- Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell (1988)
• Elmer Gertz- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (1974)
• Demetrio Rodriguez- Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District (1973)
• Curt Flood- Flood v. Kuhn (1972)
• Estelle Griswold- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
• Linda Brown- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Gordon Hirabayashi- Hirabayashi v. United states (1943)
• Eugene Debs- Debs v. United states (1919)
• William Marbury- Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568027999
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/28/2004
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

Melvin I. Urofsky is a professor emeritus of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, earning his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. at Columbia University and his J.D. at University of Virginia. Urofsky is the author or editor of more than two dozen books on constitutional law, Supreme Court history, and religious freedoms.

Table of Contents

Elias Boudinot (of The Cherokee Tobacco Case) - David Wilkins
F. Drew Caminetti and Maury Diggs - David J. Langum
Ada Sipuel - David W. Levy
Henry Wheaton and Richard Peters - Craig Joyce
"Joseph Cinque," "Dred Scott," and "Sherman Booth" - Paul Finkelman
"Myra Bradwell," "Norman Mc Covey," and "Virginia Minor" - Sandra Van Burkleo
Curt Flood - Gregg Ivers
Carrie Buck - Julia Frank
"Richard Nixon," and "Thomas Patterson" - James Schwartz
Al Smith - Carolyn Long
Jim Dale - Jonathan Lurie
Scottsboro Boys - Robert Martin
William Warley - Patricia H. Minter
Church of Santeria - David M. O'Brien
"William Bingham,: "Robert Fulton," Lampden P. Milligan," and "Homer Plessy" - Ellen H. Pearson
"Walter Chaplinsky," and "Jonas Yoder" - Shawn Peters
"A. Ernest Fitzgerald," and "Morton Halperin" - Richard Pious
Jacob Abrams - Richard Polenberg
Pat Tornollo - Lucas A. Powe Jr.
"Benjamin Gitlow,' and "Anita Whitney" - Peter Renstrom
"Julius and Ethel Rosenberg," and "Clement Vallandigham" - Harvey Rishikof
Dollree Mapp - Gregg Russell
Fong Yue Ting - Lucy E. Salyer
Samuel Worcester - Philip J. Schwarz
"James Hill," and "Daniel Seeger" - George Thomas
Lillian Gobitis - James Van Orden
Claude Screws - Christopher Waldrep
Mildred and Richard Loving - Peter Wallenstein
"Sally Reed," and "Ann Hopkins" - Natalie Wexler
"James Bell," and "Ishmael Jaffree" - Jason Whitehead
Willie Francis - William M. Wiecek
"Leo Nebbia," and "Porter L. Brown" - Victoria Saker Woeste
"Leo Frank," "Emma Goldman," and" Adam Clayton Powell Jr." - Michael Allen Wolf
Robinson Everett - Tinsley E. Yarbrough
Lawrence A. Nixon - Charles Zelden
General Tomoyuki Yamashita - John Ferren
Laurence Speiser - Gabriel J. Chin
Larry Flynt - Rodney A. Smolla
Lone Wolf - Blue Clark
Hugh Hefner - Thomas Mackey
"William Marbury" and "John Marshall" - Robert F. Karachuk
Berea College - Linda Przybyszewski
Myra Clark Gaines - Elizabeth Alexander
Harry Bridges - Enoch W. Baker
Cecil Roy Price - Howard Ball
Pegleg Williams - David Bernstein
Allen Bakke - David J. Bodenhamer
"William E. Furman" and "Ernesto Miranda" - B. Keith Crew
"Jane Hodgson" and "Dianne Rawlinson" - Clare Cushman
Yick Wo - Lyle Denniston
Paula Jones - Lyle Denniston
Stephen Engel - Bruce Dierenfeld
Sharon Frontiero - Francene M. Engel
Dietrich Loewe - Daniel Ernst
Douglas Macintosh - Ronald Flowers
Gregory Lee Johnson - Robert J. Goldstein
George Reynolds - Sarah Gordon
Darius and Vera Swann - Robert P. Green Jr.
L. B. Sullivan - Kermit L. Hall
"Linda Brown," "Jagdish Rai Chadha," and "Jay Near" - Bradley Hays
Eugene V. Debs - Wayne Hobson
"Nancy Cruzan," "Elmer Gertz," and "Clarence Earl Gideon" - Adam Hoffman
Daisy Bates - Timothy S. Huebner
"Michael Hardwick," "Gordon Hirabayashi," "Demetrio Rodriguez," and "Susan Epperson" - Peter Irons
Martin Luther - Randa Carolyn Issa
"Estelle Griswold," and "Mary Beth Tinker" - John W. Johnson
David Neagle - Paul Kens
James W. Mc Culloch - Mark. R. Killenbeck