Race Results: Hollywood vs the Supreme Court; Ten Decades of Racial Decisions and Film

You will never watch a movie the same way again. Winner of gold medals from the National Indie Excellence Awards: African American Nonfiction and the Foreword Book of the Year Awards: Popular Culture, a bronze medal from the IPPY Awards: Current Events II (Social Issues/Public Affairs/Ecological/Humanitarian), and was a finalist in the Foreword Book of the Year Awards: Performing Arts. Author Eileen Moore, brings a fascinating decade-by-decade comparison of Hollywood films and Supreme Court decisions, and then shows how this affected our lives. Beginning with The Birth of a Nation in 1915 and continuing on through the new millennium, a surprising fact is that the United States Supreme Court, often perceived as out-of-touch and stuffy, is often far more fair and liberal in their treatment of blacks than Hollywood. Offset beautifully by more than twenty black and white photos, this in-depth study is sometimes shocking, often surprising, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of film, law, race relations, civil rights, pop culture . . . even our country.

Eileen C. Moore

Eileen Comerford Moore was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She worked as a registered nurse for seven years, including serving as a combat nurse in Vietnam. She is a life member of Vietnam Veterans of America and has kept her nursing license active so she doesn't forget her roots. She graduated Cum Laude from the University of California Irvine in 1975, then pursued the study of law and graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1978. She received a Masters degree from the University of Virginia in 2004. From 1989 to 2000 Moore was a judge on the California Superior Court.