Title: Plessy v. 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"--
Subjects: Race relations, Trials, litigation, Segregation, Segregation in transportation, Law and legislation, History, African Americans
Places: United States, Louisiana
People: Homer Adolph Plessy