Plessy v. Ferguson
By: Laurie Collier Hillstrom
Series: Defining moments; Defining moments
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780780813298
Subjects: Race relations; Trials, litigation; Segregation; Segregation in transportation; Law and legislation; History
Other titles: Plessy versus Ferguson
Description: "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 efforts to overturn Plessy. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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); title: 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.