| Edition |
First Carroll and Graf edition. |
| Description |
xx, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : Emerging from Plessy's shadow / Mark H. Morial -- Chronology of major events in the history of civil rights in America -- Preface -- Interrupted journey -- Reconstruction promises never kept -- Carpetbaggers, scalawags, and redeemers -- Free people of color in New Orleans -- Plessy v. Louisiana : searching for precedents -- Fourteenth Amendment conspiracy -- En route to the Supreme Court -- Decision comes down -- Segregation without judicial restraints -- Walls begin to crumble -- Plessy finally meets its match -- Fifty years of integration : half measures and halting progress -- Appendix A : Plessy v. Ferguson, Decision by Justice H.B. Brown -- Appendix B : Plessy v. Ferguson, Dissent by Justice J.M. Harlan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-365) and index. |
| Subject |
Plessy, Homer Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History.
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Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
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| Added Author |
Morial, Marc H.
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| Added Title |
Homer Plessy and the Supreme Court decision that legalized racism |
| ISBN |
0786712937 |
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