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Davis, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph)
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Plessy, Homer Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History.
Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
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Plessy v. Ferguson /...
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Plessy v. Ferguson / Thomas J. Davis.
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Davis, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph)
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, ©2012.
Subjects
Plessy, Homer Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History.
Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
ISBN:
9780313391873 (hardback ; alkaline paper) :
0313391874 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
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Landmarks of the American mosaic.
Description:
xx, 238 pages ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The arrest: Plessy's ticket and ride -- The start: a colony and Creoles of color -- The takeover: French, Spanish, American -- The colorline: becoming American -- The city: Vive la différence -- The war: slavery and segregation -- The reconstruction: hope for equal rights -- The redemption: despair for equal rights -- The beginning of the end: surging segregation -- The case: from start to finish -- Biographies of key figures -- Primary documents.
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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.--Publisher information.
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Ewa Beach P/S Library
YA -- Nonfiction
342.0873 DA
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