The Plessy case : a legal-historical interpretation

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Lofgren, Charles A., author

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In 1896 the US Supreme Court upheld "equal but separate accommodations for the white and coloured races" on all passenger railways in Louisiana. This account traces the roots of that landmark case ...

In 1896 the US Supreme Court upheld "equal but separate accommodations for the white and coloured races" on all passenger railways in Louisiana. This account traces the roots of that landmark case in post-Civil War America, focusing on its constitutional, legal and intellectual implications.

In 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld `equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races' on all passenger railways within the state of Louisiana. In this account, which has implications for present-day America, Lofgren traces the roots of this landmark case in the post-Civil War South, stressing the constitutional, legal, and intellectual premises that shaped this episode.

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