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The Fourteenth Amendment Reconsidered, The Segregation Question, Alfred H. Kelly Jun 1956

The Fourteenth Amendment Reconsidered, The Segregation Question, Alfred H. Kelly

Michigan Law Review

Some sixty years ago in Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court of the United States adopted the now celebrated "separate but equal" doctrine as a constitutional guidepost for state segregation statutes. Justice Brown's opinion declared that state statutes imposing racial segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, provided only that the statute in question guaranteed equal facilities for the two races. Brown's argument rested on a historical theory of the intent, although he offered no evidence to support it. "The object of the amendment," he said, "was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, …


The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Eugene Gressman Jun 1952

The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Eugene Gressman

Michigan Law Review

The enforcement by federal legislation of the constitutional right of individuals is a story written largely in terms of confusion, distortion and frustration. Seldom, if ever, have the power and the purposes of legislation been rendered so impotent. Indeed, this story constitutes one of the saddest chapters in the historic struggle to effectuate the American ideal of freedom and equality for all.


An Essay On The Moral And Political Effect Of The Relation Between The Caucasian Master And The African Slave (Part Ii), N. Beverley Tucker Aug 1844

An Essay On The Moral And Political Effect Of The Relation Between The Caucasian Master And The African Slave (Part Ii), N. Beverley Tucker

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An Essay On The Moral And Political Effect Of The Relation Between The Caucasian Master And The African Slave, N. Beverley Tucker Jun 1844

An Essay On The Moral And Political Effect Of The Relation Between The Caucasian Master And The African Slave, N. Beverley Tucker

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Slavery: Review Of Slavery In The United States And The South Vindicated From The Treason And Fanaticism Of The Northern Abolitionists, N. Beverley Tucker Apr 1836

Slavery: Review Of Slavery In The United States And The South Vindicated From The Treason And Fanaticism Of The Northern Abolitionists, N. Beverley Tucker

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