Foreword
Part One: Rodney King
1. Los Angeles: from Watts to South Central
2. Rodney King: Gentle Giant or Gorilla in the Mist?
3. The Color of Justice, I: The Trial, the Victim, the Verdict
4. Days of Rage: No Justice, No Peace
5. Two Commissions and Three Trials: Community Conflict and
Concepts of Justice
Part Two: O. J. Simpson
6. O. J. Simpson: The Man, the Myth, the Marriage
7. The Crime, the Chase, the Arrest
8. The People V. O.J. Simpson: The Trial Begins
9. Ambushing the Prosecution: Playing the Race Card
10. The Color of Justice, II: The Verdict, the Response, the
Aftermath
Part Three: Race and Justice
11. ?Bad Blood?: Conspiracy Theories and the Black Community
12. A House Divided: Healing the Wound, Restoring the Dream
AppAndix A: Research Note
AppAndix B: People Interviewed
JEWELLE TAYLOR GIBBS a clinical psychologist and consultant, is Zellerbach Family Fund professor of social policy at the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley. She is the coauthor of Children of Color (Jossey-Bass, 1989) and the editor of Young, Black, and Male in America: An Endangered Species (Greenwood Press, 1988).
"Gibbs' book, an in-depth analysis of the Rodney King and O.J.
Simpson cases, is bold, courageous scholarship. Penned by a
talented clinical psychologist, the study rises above
superficiality and even now stands out from the large body of
opportunistic, commercial Simpson-King literature. . . . An instant
classic."
"An excellent manual. . . . Offers constructive insights into both
trials from intellectuals, educators and lawyers as well as social
workers and community support counselors."
"Gibbs finds context and meaning in this first serious, scholarly
study of Rodney King and O.J. Simpson cases."
?Race and Justice penetrates the searing headlines of two of the
most celebrated criminal trials in American history to ponder their
broader implications for our society. Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, the
wise and insightful author, offers trenchant observations about the
future of race relations in Los Angeles that Americans everywhere
should heed, and in a hurry.? -- Hugh B. Price, president, National
Urban League
?Must reading for those who want to reinvent the jury system,
improve race relations, and make sense of the Rodney King and O.J.
Simpson verdicts and their racially polarized aftermaths. Drawing
on history, sociology, and psychology, the author analyzes these
controversial verdicts and concludes that they are the legacy of
racial injustice and police violence.? --Eddie N. Williams,
president, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
?Sensitive and gripping. Essential for anyone who wants to
understand police and racial tension in America.? --Joseph D.
McNamara, retired police chief of San Jose, California, research
fellow, Hoover Institution Stanford University
?Sensitive and gripping. Essential for anyone who wants to
understand police and racial tension in America? --Joseph D.
McNamara, retired police chief of San Jose, research fellow, Hoover
Institution Stanford University
"An important, thoughtful analysis."
"This book is brilliant, dramatic and appalling....Her book is
carefully documented, but written in an easy and attractive
style."
"Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, the wise and insightful author offers
trenchant observations about the future of race relations in Los
Angeles that Americans everywhere should heed, and in a hurry."
--Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League
"Careful and provocative analyses . . . essential for anyone
interested in a broader perspective of the issues." --Phillip Young
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