Plessy v. Ferguson
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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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More than the story of one man's case, this book tells the story of entire generations of people marked as "mixed race" in America amid slavery and its aftermath, and being officially denied their multicultural identity and personal rights as a result. Contrary to popular misconceptions, Plessy v. Ferguson was not a simple case of black vs. white separation, but rather a challenging and complex protest for U.S. law to fully accept mixed ancestry and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the long struggle for individual identity and multicultural recognition amid the dehumanizing and depersonalizing forces of African American slavery-and the Anglo-American white supremacy that drove it. The book takes students and general readers through the extended gestation period that gave birth to one of the most oft-mentioned but widely misunderstood landmark law cases in U.S. history. It provides a chronology, brief biographies of key figures, primary documents, an annotated bibliography, and an index all of which provide easy reading and quick reference. Modern readers will find the direct connections between Plessy's story and contemporary racial currents in America intriguing.

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Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2012
ISBN
9798216128823
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Public Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Series Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Chronology
  8. One: The Arrest: Plessy’s Ticket and Ride
  9. Two: The Start: A Colony and Creoles of Color
  10. Three: The Takeover: French, Spanish, American
  11. Four: The Colorline: Becoming American
  12. Five: The City: Vive la différence
  13. Six: The War: Slavery and Segregation
  14. Seven: The Reconstruction: Hope for Equal Rights
  15. Eight: The Redemption: Despair for Equal Rights
  16. Nine: The Beginning of the End: Surging Segregation
  17. Ten: The Case: From Start to Finish
  18. Biographies of Key Figures
  19. Primary Documents
  20. Glossary
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index