| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 600 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [513]-579) and index. |
| Contents |
Taking their seats : Massachusetts, 1838-1843 -- Harlan of Kentucky : 1853-1857 -- Brown of New England : 1856-1857 -- Tourgee of Ohio : 1858-1860 -- The free people of color : New 0rleans, 1860 -- "The Harlan name" : Kentucky, 1858-1862 -- "A war of which no man can see the end" : Brown in Detroit, 1860-1864 -- "For this I am willing to die" : Tourgee on the march, 1861-1863 -- "Claim your rights" : New Orleans and Washington, 1863-1864 -- Choosing sides : Harlan in Kentucky, 1865-1871 -- "A taste for judicial life" : Brown in Detroit, 1866-1872 -- Tourgee goes South : North Carolina, 1865-1870 -- Equal but separate : New Orleans and the north, 1867-1871 -- "Is not Harlan the man?" : Kentucky and Washington, 1875-1878 -- "Uncongenial strifes" : Brown and Tourgee, 1875-1879 -- Fool's errand : north and south, 1880-1883 -- The color line sharpens : 1883-1888 -- "The Negro question" : Mayville, Washington, and New Orleans, 1889-1890 -- "On behalf of 7,999,999 of my race" : New Orleans, Mayville, Detroit, and Washington, 1890-1891 -- Arrest : Mayville and New Orleans, 1892/-893 -- "You are fighting a great battle" : Washington, Mayville, and New Orleans, 1893-1895 -- In the nature of things : March, April, May 1896 -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Documents the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Supreme Court ruling in favor of segregation, tracing the half-century of history that shaped the ruling and the reverberations that are still being felt today. |
| Subject |
Plessy, Homer Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911.
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Tourgée, Albion W., 1838-1905.
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Brown, Henry Billings, 1836-1913.
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Martinet, Louis A., 1849-1917.
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Brown, Henry Billings, 1836-1913. (OCoLC)fst00242441
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Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911. (OCoLC)fst00028621
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Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
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Plessy, Homer Adolph. (OCoLC)fst00186452
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Tourgée, Albion W., 1838-1905. (OCoLC)fst01861674
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
(OCoLC)fst00799575
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01086474
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Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01111236
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Trials. (OCoLC)fst01156290
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Louisiana. (OCoLC)fst01207035
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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HISTORY / African American.
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
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LAW / Legal History.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
9780393239379 (hardcover) |
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0393239373 (hardcover) |
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