A historical examination of racial segregation activities in America throughout the past three hundred years charges that white Americans have consistently denied true equality to African Americans, describing such racial upheavals as the Civil War and the Reconstruction while citing backlash activities that have compromised civil rights progress. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Argues that blacks continue to be treated as second-class citizens in the United States despite the Thirteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights movement, tracing majority attitudes and policies from the debates over slavery to New Federalism issues. (view table of contents)