LEADER 04661oam 22008174a 450 001 9911008924103321 005 20230717182558.0 010 $a9780700631841 010 $a0700631844 035 $a(CKB)4100000011975360 035 $a(OCoLC)1259593257 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse99450 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6660337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6660337 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31274777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31274777 035 $a(Perlego)2707753 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011975360 100 $a20200810h20212021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Journey to Separate but Equal$eMadame Decuir's Quest for Racial Justice in the Reconstruction Era /$fJack M. Beermann 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cUniversity Press of Kansas 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) 311 08$a9780700634200 311 08$a0700634207 311 08$a9780700631834 311 08$a0700631836 327 $aLouisiana'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. 330 $a"[This book] examines the tragic case of Hall v. DeCuir (1878) that helped pave the way for Plessy v. Ferguson's legitimation of the judicial doctrine and social practice of 'separate but equal' facilities. The book tells the story of the injustice done to Madame Josephine DeCuir in July 1872 aboard the Governor Allen steamship on her overnight journey up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Point Coupee Parish. DeCuir was denied a room in the ladies' cabin due to her status as a woman of color. Nine days after the trip she filed suit against Captain John Benson, claiming that the refusal to accommodate her violated an 1869 Louisiana statute. The Supreme Court case that followed-=, in which the US Supreme Court reversed the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision, is a rich source of information about the racial attitudes in the aftermath of the Civil War, the special situation of the French-speaking people of color in Louisiana, and the post-Reconstruction 'redemption' of the South that followed the disputed election of 1876"--$cProvided by the publisher. 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01754987 606 $aRace relations$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01086509 606 $aRace discrimination$xLaw and legislation$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01086474 606 $aEquality before the law$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00914477 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00799575 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zLouisiana$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEquality before the law$zLouisiana$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEquality before the law$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aRace discrimination$xLaw and legislation$zLouisiana$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aRace discrimination$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$2fast 607 $aLouisiana$2fast 607 $aLouisiana$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aHistory. 615 7$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 615 7$aRace relations. 615 7$aRace discrimination$xLaw and legislation. 615 7$aEquality before the law. 615 7$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights. 615 0$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aEquality before the law$xHistory 615 0$aEquality before the law$xHistory 615 0$aRace discrimination$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 615 0$aRace discrimination$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 676 $a342.7308/73 700 $aBeermann$b Jack M.$01827939 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008924103321 996 $aThe Journey to Separate but Equal$94396033 997 $aUNINA