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African Americans Civil rights United States History 19th century Brown, Henry Billings 1836-1913 Harlan, John Marshall 1833-1911 History Judges United States Biography Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) Plessy, Homer Adolph Trials, litigation, etc Race discrimination Law and legislation United States History 19th century Segregation in transportation Law and legislation Louisiana History 19th century Tourgée, Albion W 1838-1905Filter By Subjects
African Americans Civil rights United States History 19th century Brown, Henry Billings 1836-1913 Harlan, John Marshall 1833-1911 History Judges United States Biography Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) Plessy, Homer Adolph Trials, litigation, etc Race discrimination Law and legislation United States History 19th century Segregation in transportation Law and legislation Louisiana History 19th century Tourgée, Albion W 1838-1905Luxenberg, Steve
Summary: Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first. Separate...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 LUXLuxenberg, Steve
Summary: Documents the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Supreme Court ruling in favor of segregation, tracing the half-century of history that shaped the ruling and the reverberations that are still being felt today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 LUXCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Blk LuxenbergCanellos, Peter S.
Summary: "The definitive, sweeping biography of an American hero who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021