Books written by Charles L. Zelden
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Thurgood Marshall: Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991.
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The American Judicial System: a Very Short Introduction
"The book provides a very short, but complete introduction to the institutions and people, the rules and processes, that make up the American judicial system.
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Thurgood Marshall: Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union
Marshall to the NAACP Office, November 17, 1941 in Michael G. Long, ed., Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall (New York: Amistad, 2011), 102–104. Kluger, Simple Justice, 236.
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Bush V. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy
The infamous 2000 presidential election produced hanging chads, butterfly ballots, endless recounts, raucous allegations, and a constitutional crisis-until a controversial Supreme Court decision allowed George W. Bush to become president...
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The Judicial Branch of Federal Government: People, Process, and Politics
Examines the history and daily operations of the courts, discussing their role, pyramid structure, relationship with the other branches of government, important personnel, and key decisions over their two-hundred-year history.
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The Battle for the Black Ballot: Smith V. Allwright and the Defeat of the Texas All-white Primary
This account of a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case details the one-party rule of the all-white Texas Democratic party and the uphill battle for African American voting rights.
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The Judicial Branch of Federal Government: People, Process, and Politics
This volume in ABC-CLIO's About Federal Government set looks at the history and daily operations of the federal judiciary, from district courts, to courts of appeal, to the Supreme Court.
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Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy, Third Expanded Edition
In this third expanded edition Zelden offers a powerful history of voting rights and elections in America since 2000. Bush v.
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The Battle for the Black Ballot: Smith V. Allwright and the Defeat of the Texas All-white Primary
The history of voting rights in America is a checkerboard marked by dogged progress against persistent prejudice toward an expanding inclusiveness. The Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright is...