Plessy V. Ferguson Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America

Name: Plessy V. Ferguson Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America
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ISBN: 9780700618477

ISBN-10: 0700618473

ISBN-13: 9780700618477

Edition: 2012

Authors: WilliamJames Hull Hoffer

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Six decades before Rosa Parks boarded her fateful bus, another traveler in the Deep South tried to strike a blow against racial discrimination-but ultimately fell short of that goal, leading to the Supreme Court's landmark 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Now Williamjames Hull Hoffer vividly details the origins, litigation, opinions, and aftermath of this notorious case. In response to the passage of the Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890, which prescribed "equal but separate accommodations" on public transportation, a group called the Committee of Citizens decided to challenge its constitutionality. At a pre-selected time and place, Homer Plessy, on behalf of the committee, boarded a…

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 4/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Editors' Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Test Case



The Crescent City



An Odious Law



The Long Road to the High Court



A Segregated Court



Plessy's World


Epilogue: An Enduring Legacy


Chronology


Bibliographic Essay


Index