Plessy v. Ferguson
Subtitle: separate and unequal
By: by Joan Axelrod-Contrada.
Series: Supreme Court milestones
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark; Cavendish Square Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761429517
Subjects: Plessy, Homer Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc; Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History; Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ejected from the train; title: Backing up : the history of segregation; title: Point of departure : the Separate Car Act; title: Destination : the lower courts; title: Case derailed; title: Final stop : the Supreme Court; title: Moving on : aftermath of Plessy v. Ferguson.