Law and Society in the South : A History of North Carolina Court Cases

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Law and Society in the South reconstructs eight pivotal legal disputes heard in North Carolina courts between the 1830s and the 1970s. Each case offers a vivid portrait of the laws, litigants, lawyers, judges, and affected communities, providing a better understanding of not only the Tar Heel State...

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Autor principal: Wertheimer, John W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race discrimination > Law and legislation.
Law > Social aspects.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > North Carolina > History.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > North Carolina > History.
Law > Social aspects > North Carolina > History.
North Carolina.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Student Contributors; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I Drawing Lines: From Old South to Jim Crow; 1. White Couples and ""Mulatto"" Babies: Jacksonian Age Divorce and Democratization; 2. A Former Slave and His White Wife during Reconstruction: The Case of Pinkney and Sarah Ross; 3. De Jure Housing Segregation in Progressive Era Winston-Salem: The Case of William Darnell; Part II Modernity and Tradition: Cultural Conflict between the World Wars; 4. Evolution and Defamation: The Case of Reverend J.R. Pentuff.
  • 5. ""Escape of the Match-Strikers"": The Samarcand Arson Case of 19316. Padlocking Greenwich Village: Urbanization and Public Nuisance Law; Part III Civil Rights: The Paradigm Shifts, 1956-1980; 7. Reading and the Right to Vote: James R. Walker Jr. and North Carolina's Literacy Test; 8. Native Americans and School Desegregation: The Chavis Case in Robeson County; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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