The journey to separate but equal : Madame Decuir's quest for racial justice in the Reconstruction era /
"[This book] examines the tragic case of Hall v. DeCuir (1878) that helped pave the way for Plessy v. Ferguson's legitimation of the judicial doctrine and social practice of 'separate but equal' facilities. The book tells the story of the injustice done to Madame Josephine DeCuir...
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| フォーマット: | Licensed eBooks |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2021]
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1s04w8s |
目次:
- Louisiana's gens de couleur and the DeCuir and Dubuclet families
- Madame DeCuir returns from France and hires new lawyers
- Madame DeCuir's journey and Reconstruction
- Madame DeCuir's suit against Captain Benson
- Judge Collum decides
- The Louisiana Supreme Court affirms
- Captain Benson takes his case to the US Supreme Court
- Louisiana (and the entire South) redeemed
- The US Supreme Court decides
- The completion of the law's journey to separate but equal.