Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court Free Audiobook Download by Armand Derfner,Orville Vernon Burton

Paul Boehmer narrates the history of race and the Supreme Court, beginning with a brief introduction to the history of racial injustice in America and then progressing through the different eras. He speaks about how miscegenation laws were put into effect, the Ku Klux Klan, and how this led to understanding racism as a system instead of an individual problem. The book goes on to describe how affirmative action was created after World War II and how this has been changing over time. The audiobook ends with a discussion on criminal justice reform, which is still not seen as having changed after years of activism.

Justice Deferred is a comprehensive examination of the history and present-day impact of race in America. It provides an insightful, multifaceted and often unsettling but ultimately hopeful view of the country's past and its incredible potential for the future.

In his new work, Justice Deferred, Armand Derfner, an attorney and activist from Washington D.C., explores a core issue in America: race through the lens of the Supreme Court. Derfner argues that even as America has made progress on issues of racial equality, it is also suffering from a crisis of legitimacy - stemming from disparities in not just who is served by the law but how they are treated by it.

The concept of justice is a tricky one. The idea of 'justice' has become complicated and unclear. This audiobook provides an in-depth analysis of how the Supreme Court has offered justice to different groups depending on the issues and cases they have heard.

Armand Derfner explores the histories of law and African Americans from slavery to present day. He discusses how the Supreme Court has developed a racialized system of justice, which is a systematic threat to democracy. The author also argues that in order to combat this trend, we must abandon notions of race and see ourselves as humans first.

Justice Deferred is the story of how an Ohio Supreme Court justice, Orville Vernon Burton, who openly opposed black civil rights and supported segregation, was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Harry Truman in 1945. The book follows his long career on the court, which ultimately led to a 7-2 decision that struck down state laws permitting segregated public schools.