Plessy v. Ferguson - Davis, Thomas

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Résumé :
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 American Negro 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 will 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....

Biographie:
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 American Negro 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 will 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....

Sommaire:

Series Foreword
Preface
Chronology
ONE The Arrest: Plessy's Ticket and Ride
TWO The Start: A Colony and Creoles of Color
THREE The Takeover: French, Spanish, American
FOUR The Colorline: Becoming American
FIVE The City: Vive la diff?rence
SIX The War: Slavery and Segregation
SEVEN The Reconstruction: Hope for Equal Rights
EIGHT The Redemption: Despair for Equal Rights
NINE The Beginning of the End: Surging Segregation
TEN The Case: From Start to Finish
Biographies of Key Figures
Primary Documents
Glossary
Bibliography
Index