Plessy v. Ferguson
Subtitle: separate but equal
By: by Nathan Aaseng.
Series: Famous trials
Publisher: Lucent Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Plessy, Homer Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Plessy, Homer Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation.; Segregation -- Law and legislation.; Race relations -- History.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.; United States -- Race relations -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Trials, litigation, etc.
Other titles: Plessy versus Ferguson
Description: Profiles the 1896 Supreme Court trial that tested the constitutionality of laws in the South that enforced racial segregation in train travel, and discusses the impact of the verdict which provided a legal cover for racial discrimination throughout the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-103) and index.
Table of contents: title: Freed but equal?; title: Background of the Plessy case; title: Louisiana's separate car law goes to court; title: The Supreme Court decides; title: Plessy v. Fersguson (sic) : reaction and legacy.