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Record Nr.

UNINA9910532600703321

Autore

Hillstrom Laurie Collier <1965->

Titolo

Plessy v. Ferguson [[electronic resource] /] / By Laurie Collier Hillstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, MI, : Omnigraphics, Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-78402-629-8

0-7808-1330-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Defining moments Plessy v. Ferguson

Disciplina

342.7308/73

Soggetti

Segregation - Law and legislation - United States

Segregation in transportation - Law and legislation - Louisiana - History

Electronic books.

United States Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""How to use this Book ""; ""Research Topics""; ""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""; ""Rodolphe Desdunes""; ""John Howard Ferguson""; ""John Marshall Harlan""; ""Thurgood Marshall""; ""Louis Martinet""

""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 Obamaâ€?s Impact on Race in America""; ""Important People, Places, and Terms""; ""Chronology""; ""Sources for Further Study""; ""Bibliography""; ""Photo and Illustration Credits""; ""Index""