Plessy v. Ferguson / Laurie Collier Hillstrom.
"Provides a comprehensive account of the legal drama that established the 'separate but equal' doctrine. Details the postwar Reconstruction era; the legal issues involved in Plessy v. Ferguson; the spread of discriminatory Jim Crow laws; the effects of segregation on African Americans; and the effor...
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Language: | English |
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Detroit, MI :
Omnigraphics, Inc.,
[2014]
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Series: | Defining moments.
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Physical Description: | xvi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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Plessy versus Ferguson. |
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505 | 0 | |a Narrative overview. Prologue ; Reconstruction in the South ; The rise of Jim Crow ; Homer Plessy takes a stand ; Separate but equal ; Living in terror ; The Civil Rights Movement ; The legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson -- Biographies. Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) ; Rodolphe Desdunes (1849-1928) ; John Howard Ferguson (1838-1915) ; John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) ; Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) ; Louis Martinet (1849-1917) ; Francis Nicholls (1834-1912) ; Homer Plessy (1862-1925) ; Albion W. Tourgee (1838-1905) -- Primary sources. Albion Tourgee describes Reconstruction-era violence in the South ; Louisiana passes the Separate Car Law ; A Kentucky newspaper claims that segregation benefits blacks ; A black-owned newspaper criticizes segregation ; Plessy's lawyers present their arguments in a legal brief ; Justice Brown announces the majority opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson ; Justice Harlan delivers a scathing dissent ; George H. White makes his "Defense of the Negro race" speech ; The NAACP demands equal rights for African Americans ; An Alabama man experiences daily humiliations under segregation ; A Georgia native remembers Jim Crow tragedies ; A black reporter recalls a lynching ; President Barack Obama discusses racial progress ; A journalist considers Obama's impact on race in America. | |
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