Separate and unequal
Subtitle: Homer Plessy and the Supreme Court decision that legalized racism
By: Harvey Fireside ; introduction by Marc H. Morial.
Contributors: Morial, Marc H.
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
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
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Other titles: Homer Plessy and the Supreme Court decision that legalized racism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-365) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Emerging from Plessy's shadow / Mark H. Morial; title: Chronology of major events in the history of civil rights in America; title: Preface; title: Interrupted journey; title: Reconstruction promises never kept; title: Carpetbaggers, scalawags, and redeemers; title: Free people of color in New Orleans; title: Plessy v. Louisiana : searching for precedents; title: Fourteenth Amendment conspiracy; title: En route to the Supreme Court; title: Decision comes down; title: Segregation without judicial restraints; title: Walls begin to crumble; title: Plessy finally meets its match; title: Fifty years of integration : half measures and halting progress; title: Appendix A : Plessy v. Ferguson, Decision by Justice H.B. Brown; title: Appendix B : Plessy v. Ferguson, Dissent by Justice J.M. Harlan.