Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Black Rage Defense, 1846: The Trial of William Freeman
  • 2. The Black Rage Defense, 1971
  • 3. The Law: Its Myths and Rituals
  • 4. Black Rage 1971: The Case of James Johnson, Jr.
  • 5. James Johnson's Workers' Compensation Case
  • 6. Racism, Rage, and Criminal Defenses
  • 7. To Use or Not to Use the Black Rage Defense
  • 8. Race, Class, and the Trials of Clarence Darrow
  • 9. A Survey of Black Rage Cases
  • 10. Urban War Zones
  • 11. White Rage
  • Hate Crimes
  • 12. White Rage
  • Do Prisons Cause Crime?
  • 13. The Cultural Defense and the Trials of Patrick Hooty Croy
  • 14. "Remake the World."