The Journey to Separate but Equal : Madame Decuir's Quest for Racial Justice in the Reconstruction Era.
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La Vergne :
University Press of Kansas,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Map of route from New Orleans to Pointe Coupée Parish
- Partial family tree for Madame Josephine Dubuclet Decuir and Antoine Decuir II
- Introduction
- 1. Louisiana's Gens de Couleur and the Decuir and Dubuclet Families
- 2. Madame Decuir Returns from France and Hires New Lawyers
- 3. Madame Decuir's Journey and Reconstruction
- 4. Madame Decuir's Suit against Captain Benson
- 5. Judge Collum Decides
- 6. The Louisiana Supreme Court Affirms
- 7. Captain Benson Takes His Case to the US Supreme Court
- 8. Louisiana (and the Entire South) Redeemed
- 9. The Supreme Court Decides
- 10. The Completion of the Law's Journey to "Equal, but Separate"
- Epilogue
- Appendix. The Commerce Clause
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.