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African Americans Civil rights United States History 19th century Brown, Henry Billings 1836-1913 Harlan, John Marshall 1833-1911 History 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 1838-1905 Ukraine Foreign relations United StatesLuxenberg, 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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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 LUXCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Blk LuxenbergLuxenberg, 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: Traces the author's surprise discovery that his late mother had a sister who was sent away under mysterious circumstances and never mentioned by the family again, his efforts to research his long-lost aunt's story and whereabouts, and his struggles to understand the secrecy of her existence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.875 LUXCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.875 LUXSullivan, Kevin
Summary: "Sullivan and Jordan deftly illuminate the aims and calculations of key figures. The narrative spools out amid Trump's nonstop tweeting and the infinite echo chamber of social media, which amplified both parties' messages. Sullivan and Jordan, aided by editor Steve Luxenberg, follow the story into the aftermath of Trump's acquittal and the president's payback for those whom he believed had...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020