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The second : race and guns in a fatally unequal America Cover Image Book Book

The second : race and guns in a fatally unequal America / Carol Anderson.

Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine), (author.).

Summary:

Investigates the history and impact of the Second Amendment, how it was designed, and how it has been constructed from the start to keep African Americans powerless and vulnerable.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781635574258
  • ISBN: 1635574250
  • Physical Description: 258 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: "Why did you shoot him, sir?" -- "Sheep will never make a revolution" -- Keeping a ferocious monster in chains -- The right to kill negroes -- How can I be unarmed when my blackness is the weapon that you fear? -- Epilogue: Racism lies around like a loaded weapon.

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Subject: Firearms > Law and legislation > United States > History.
United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment > History.
Firearms ownership > Government policy > United States > History.
Gun control > United States > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
United States > Race relations.

Available copies

  • 18 of 18 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cambria County Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cambria County Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cambria County Library 323.119 A545s (Text) 85131001790410 CACM Non-Fiction Available -

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