The journey to separate but equal : Madame DeCuir's quest for racial justice in the Reconstruction era /

The journey to separate but equal : Madame DeCuir's quest for racial justice in the Reconstruction era / Jack M. Beermann.

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"[This book] examines the tragic case of Hall v. DeCuir (1878) that helped pave the way for Plessy v. Ferguson's legitimation of the judicial doctrine and social practice of 'separate but equal' facilities. The book tells the story of the injustice done to Madame Josephine DeCuir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beermann, Jack M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Subjects:
DeCuir, Josephine > Trials, litigation, etc.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
Equality before the law > United States > History > 19th century.
Equality before the law > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans > Civil rights.
Equality before the law.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation.
Race relations.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Louisiana > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Louisiana.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Louisiana's gens de couleur and the DeCuir and Dubuclet families
  • Madame DeCuir returns from France and hires new lawyers
  • Madame DeCuir's journey and Reconstruction
  • Madame DeCuir's suit against Captain Benson
  • Judge Collum decides
  • The Louisiana Supreme Court affirms
  • Captain Benson takes his case to the US Supreme Court
  • Louisiana (and the entire South) redeemed
  • The US Supreme Court decides
  • The completion of the law's journey to separate but equal.

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