Book
Plessy v. Ferguson : race and inequality in Jim Crow America
(2012)
Abstract
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
Keywords
- Homer Adolph Plessy,
- Race relations,
- Segregation in transportation,
- Law and legislation,
- Louisiana
Disciplines
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Series
Landmark law cases & American society
Citation Information
Williamjames Hoffer. Plessy v. Ferguson : race and inequality in Jim Crow America. [Lawrence](2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/williamjames_hoffer/1/