PLESSY V. FERGUSON : Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America /

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"Six decades before Rosa Parks boarded her fateful bus, another traveler in the Deep South tried to strike a blow against racial discrimination--but ultimately fell short of that goal, leading to the Supreme Court's landmark 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Now Williamjames Hull Hoffer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffer, Williamjames
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Plessy, Homer Adolph.
Plessy, Homer Adolph > Trials, litigation, etc.
Segregation in transportation > Law and legislation.
Race relations.
Legislation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Segregation in transportation > Law and legislation > Louisiana > History.
United States.
Louisiana.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Louisiane > Relations raciales > Histoire.
United States > Race relations > History.
Segregation > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Louisiana > Race relations > History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Six decades before Rosa Parks boarded her fateful bus, another traveler in the Deep South tried to strike a blow against racial discrimination--but ultimately fell short of that goal, leading to the Supreme Court's landmark 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Now Williamjames Hull Hoffer vividly details the origins, litigation, opinions, and aftermath of this notorious case"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9780700622412

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