Plessy v. Ferguson : a brief history with documents

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Plessy v. Ferguson : a brief history with documents

edited with an introduction by Brook Thomas

(The Bedford series in history and culture)

Bedford Books, c1997

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  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195) and index

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内容説明

In 1896 The United States Supreme Court made a decision in the case of Plessy v Ferguson which made possible a legal system of racial segregation in the US which was not overturned until the ruling of Brown v Board of Education in 1954.;In this introduction students are given the Court's reasoning, the factors that made such a decision possible, and the effects of the decision. It illuminates also the modern debate over affirmative action.

目次

Foreword - Preface - PART 1: THE LEGAL BACKGROUND - PART 2: THE DOCUMENTS - Plessy v Ferguson May 18, 1896 - Selected Views on 'the Race Question' at the time of Plessy - Responses to Plessy in the press, legal periodicals, African American intellectuals - PART 3: CONCLUSION: IN THE WAKE OF PLESSY - Appendices: - Members of the Court - Chronology of Events Related to Plessy - Questions for Consideration - Selected Bibliography

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