Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America

"Higginbotham mounts a spirited defense of affirmative action policies that is backed by good case law and by common sense." —Kirkus Reviews

When America inaugurated its first African American president, in 2009, many wondered if the country had finally become a "post-racial" society. Was this the dawning of a new era, in which America, a nation nearly severed in half by slavery, and whose racial fault lines are arguably among its most enduring traits, would at last move beyond race with t...