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
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Summary:"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 race, higher education, and equal opportunity. The court case drew national headlines, and the NAACP moved Gaines to Chicago after he received death threats. Before he could attend law school, he vanished. This is the first book to focus entirely on the Gaines case and the vital role played by the NAACP and its lawyers (including Charles Houston, known as "the man who killed Jim Crow") who advanced a concerted strategy to produce political change. Horner and Endersby also discuss the African American newspaper journalists and editors who mobilized popular support for the NAACP's strategy"--Dust jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9780826273628

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