04661oam 22008174a 450 991100892410332120230717182558.097807006318410700631844(CKB)4100000011975360(OCoLC)1259593257(MdBmJHUP)muse99450(MiAaPQ)EBC6660337(Au-PeEL)EBL6660337(MiAaPQ)EBC31274777(Au-PeEL)EBL31274777(Perlego)2707753(EXLCZ)99410000001197536020200810h20212021 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Journey to Separate but EqualMadame Decuir's Quest for Racial Justice in the Reconstruction Era /Jack M. Beermann1st ed.University Press of Kansas1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages)9780700634200 0700634207 9780700631834 0700631836 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."[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 in July 1872 aboard the Governor Allen steamship on her overnight journey up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Point Coupee Parish. DeCuir was denied a room in the ladies' cabin due to her status as a woman of color. Nine days after the trip she filed suit against Captain John Benson, claiming that the refusal to accommodate her violated an 1869 Louisiana statute. The Supreme Court case that followed-=, in which the US Supreme Court reversed the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision, is a rich source of information about the racial attitudes in the aftermath of the Civil War, the special situation of the French-speaking people of color in Louisiana, and the post-Reconstruction 'redemption' of the South that followed the disputed election of 1876"--Provided by the publisher.Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)fast(OCoLC)fst01754987Race relationsfast(OCoLC)fst01086509Race discriminationLaw and legislationfast(OCoLC)fst01086474Equality before the lawfast(OCoLC)fst00914477African AmericansCivil rightsfast(OCoLC)fst00799575Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)African AmericansCivil rightsLouisianaHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryEquality before the lawLouisianaHistory19th centuryEquality before the lawUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRace discriminationLaw and legislationLouisianaHistory19th centuryRace discriminationLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesfastLouisianafastLouisianaRace relationsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsHistory19th centuryHistory.Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Race relations.Race discriminationLaw and legislation.Equality before the law.African AmericansCivil rights.Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)African AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryEquality before the lawHistoryEquality before the lawHistoryRace discriminationLaw and legislationHistoryRace discriminationLaw and legislationHistory342.7308/73Beermann Jack M.1827939MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9911008924103321The Journey to Separate but Equal4396033UNINA