Defining Moments in American History: Plessy v. Ferguson
Defining Moments in American History: Plessy v. Ferguson
Editor/Author
Hillstrom, Laurie Collier
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
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$54.00

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$81.00
ISBN: 978-1-78402-629-5
Category: History - United States -- History
Image Count:
45
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Provides a detailed 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.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Book
- Research Topics for Defining Moments: Plessy v. Ferguson
- NARRATIVE OVERVIEW
- Prologue
- Chapter One: Reconstruction in the South
- Chapter Two: The Rise of Jim Crow
- Chapter Three: Homer Plessy Takes a Stand
- Chapter Four: Separate but Equal
- Chapter Five: Living in Terror
- Chapter Six: The Civil Rights Movement
- Chapter Seven: The Legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson
- BIOGRAPHIES
- Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) Supreme Court Justice Who Wrote the Majority Opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson
- Rodolphe Desdunes (1849-1928) Creole Civil Rights Activist Who Challenged Louisiana's Separate Car Law
- John Howard Ferguson (1838-1915) Louisiana Judge Who Became the Defendant in Plessy v. Ferguson
- John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) Supreme Court Justice Who Wrote the Famous Plessy v. Ferguson Dissent
- Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) Attorney Who Helped Overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and First African-American Supreme Court Justice
- Louis Martinet (1849-1917) Black Newspaper Publisher and Civil Rights Advocate
- Francis Nicholls (1834-1912) Governor and State Supreme Court Justice of Louisiana
- Homer Plessy (1862-1925) New Orleans Resident Who Volunteered to Challenge Segregation in Louisiana
- Albion W. Tourgée (1838-1905) Republican Writer, Civil Rights Activist, and Lawyer Who Argued Plessy v. Ferguson
- PRIMARY SOURCES
- Albion Tourgée Describes Reconstruction-Era Violence in the South
- Louisiana Passes the Separate Car Law
- A Kentucky Newspaper Claims That Segregation Benefits Blacks
- A Black-Owned Newspaper Criticizes Segregation
- Plessy's Lawyers Present Their Arguments in a Legal Brief
- Justice Brown Announces the Majority Opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson
- Justice Harlan Delivers a Scathing Dissent
- George H. White Makes His “Defense of the Negro Race” Speech
- The NAACP Demands Equal Rights for African Americans
- An Alabama Man Experiences Daily Humiliations under Segregation
- A Georgia Native Remembers Jim Crow Tragedies
- A Black Reporter Recalls a Lynching
- President Barack Obama Discusses Racial Progress
- A Journalist Considers Obama's Impact on Race in America
- Important People, Places, and Terms
- Chronology
- Sources for Further Study
- Bibliography
- Photo and Illustration Credits