Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation /

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"In 1936, Lloyd Gaines's application to the University of Missouri Law School was denied based on his race. Gaines and the NAACP challenged the university's decision. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) was the first in a long line of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Endersby, James W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2016.
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Houston, Charles Hamilton, > 1895-1950.
Gaines, Lloyd Lionel.
Gaines, Lloyd Lionel > Trials, litigation, etc.
University of Missouri. > School of Law.
University of Missouri. > School of Law > Trials, litigation, etc.
Segregation in higher education.
Discrimination in higher education.
African Americans > Civil rights.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Segregation dans l'enseignement superieur > Missouri > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement superieur > Missouri > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Étudiants en droit noirs americains > Droits > Missouri > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Missouri > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Segregation in higher education > Missouri > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in higher education > Missouri > History > 20th century.
African American law students > Civil rights > Missouri > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Missouri > History > 20th century.
Missouri.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Lloyd Gaines and the Missouri milieu
  • 2. Charles Houston and the NAACP's legal strategy
  • 3. Gaines and losses
  • 4. Substantially equal if separate
  • 5. Gaines in the press
  • 6. Public reaction and legislative response
  • 7. The case returns to Missouri
  • 8. The mystery of Lloyd Gaines
  • 9. The Gaines legacy
  • Epilogue.

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