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To Set The Law In Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau And The Legal Rights Of Blacks, 1865-1868, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of To Set the Law in Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Legal Rights of Blacks, 1865-1868 by Donald G. Nieman

Thurgood Marshall And The Forgotten Legacy Of Brown V. Board Of Education, Kenneth F. Ripple

Journal Articles

On May 17, 1979, the United States celebrated, with relatively little public ceremony, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Two years earlier, another anniversary was celebrated even more quietly as Thurgood Marshall, the principal architect of the school desegregation litigation, celebrated his first decade as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Anniversaries are traditionally a time both of celebration and reflection. These particular anniversaries are appropriate occasions for celebration since each marks an important milestone in American life. At the same time, both present a unique opportunity for reflection upon and reassessment of …

Racial Prejudice And Scholarly Prejudice: New Confrontations At The Selma Bridge, J. Mills Thornton Iii

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by David J. Garrow

The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Amendments: Constitutional Authority For Federal Legislation Against Private Sex Discrimination, Emily Calhoun

Publications

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1976 Supplement, Constitution, State Of Missouri, 1945

Missouri Constitutional Sections Related to Race and Education

No abstract provided.

Bail In Missouri Revisited, Mark Berger

Faculty Works

During the early part of the 1960's, interest in the civil rights movement generated concern over the inequities of bail administration. In the latter part of the decade the same problems were revealed in major studies of the nation's criminal justice system. Contributions to the legal literature in this period, encompassing statistical and evaluative studies as well as academic analysis, helped to focus further attention on bail. Moreover, a major effort was undertaken by the United States Department of Justice to promote the sharing of bail program information and ideas. There are signs, however, that some of the earlier interest …

America And Reconsruction, Thomas B. Grier

IUSTITIA

Reconstruction has variously been termed "repressive. . . uncivilized" and "a sordid time" as well as "a noble experiment." Reflected in those judgments of the era is the dispute over the effects of Reconstruction. To be more correct, one might say that there has been much conjecture in determining what, in fact, Reconstruction was. Questioned also has been the role of the black man during the period; much of what he did, or was responsible for, has, like Reconstruction itself, been subject to many and varied accounts and evaluations. The intent of this paper is to examine several volumes concerned …

Searching For The Intent Of The Framers Of Fourteenth Amendment , Robert J. Kaczorowski

Faculty Scholarship

IN 1946 JUSTICE HUGO BLACK DECLARED that one of the objects of the fourteenth amendment was to apply the Bill of Rights to the States. He was confident that an analysis of the intent of the framers of the amendment would support his assertion. A few years later the Supreme Court requested such an investigation, but when the analysis was made and the results presented to it, the Supreme Court concluded that the framers' intent could not be determined. The uncertainty surrounding the intent of the framers of the fourteenth amendment has had profound implications on the application of that …

The School Desegregation Cases In Retrospect—Some Reflections On Causes And Effects, Yale Kamisar

Book Chapters

Recently, when asked to give a lecture on appellate advocacy, Justice Thurgood Marshall reminded his audience what Judge Benjamin Cardozo had once said: "The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass judges by." An outstanding example, he might have added, is Brown v. Board of Education.

In a sense, the significant changes which have occurred in the Black man's status in the last two decades had their beginnings in the rise of numerically, and hence politically, important Black communities in the North. For the importance of civil rights …

Dietze: America's Political Dilemma, Paul G. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

A Review of America's Political Dilemma by Gottfried Dietze

Religious Freedom And The Church-State Relationship In Maryland, Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

Maryland holds the unique and admirable distinction of having been the State whose early history most directly ensured, and whose citizenry was most directly affected by, the first amendment's grant of religious liberty. The Supreme Court's docket is still liberally sprinkled with petitions calling for renewed interpretation of the establishment clause, and Marylanders will soon vote upon a proposed new state constitution with a similar provision - hence, the opportuneness for tracing Maryland's contribution to the cause of toleration and to the principle of church-state separation.

The scope of this article will not extend beyond a sketch of the important …

Emerson: Political And Civil Rights In The United States, T. A. Smedley

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Political and Civil Rights in the United States. 3d ed. 2 vols. by Thomas I. Emerson, David Haber, and Norman Dorsen

In Re Gault: Understanding The Attorney's New Role, Glenn C. Equi, James D. Hutchinson, Barney B. Welsh

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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The Gaines Case: Its Background And Influence On The University Of Missouri And Lincoln University, 1936-1950, Robert Mclaran Sawyer

Books Related to Race and Education in Missouri

Dissertation by Dr. Sawyer written in 1966 in support of his doctoral degree from the University of Missouri exploring the Gaines case and the effects on education in Missouri. Digital copy is derived from print copy held in the University of Missouri Library Depository.

The Dred Scott Case And Judicial Statesmanship, Edward J. Bander

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

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, …

Book Reviews, H. C. Nixon, L. Dale Coffman, George W. Stocking, Victor C. Heck, Constantine G. Belissary

Vanderbilt Law Review

TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS

The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights with An Introduction

by Charles S. Wilson, Committee Chairman.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Pp. xii, 178. $1.00..

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ROSCOE POUND

By Paul Sayre

Iowa City: College of Law Committee

State University of Iowa, 1948. Pp. 412. $4.50.

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A NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY

By Eugene V. Rostow

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1948. Pp. XVI, 173. $2.50.

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THE TRADE OF NATIONS

By Michael A. Heilperin

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Pp. xix, 234. $3.00.

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AMERICA'S ECONOMIC SUPREMACY

By Brooks Adams …

The Education Of The Negro In Missouri, Robert Irving Brigham

Books Related to Race and Education in Missouri

Dissertation by Dr. Brigham written in 1946 in support of his doctoral degree from the University of Missouri in which he discusses the historical evolution of education for African Americans in Missouri. Digital copy is derived from print copy held in the University of Missouri Library Depository

The Constitution Of The State Of Missouri : Adopted By The People On February 27, 1945, With Annotations And Appendix Comparing The Provisions Therein With The Provisions In The Constitution Of 1875, As Amended And In Force On That Date / Compiled And Edited By Lester G. Seacat, 1945.

Missouri Constitutional Sections Related to Race and Education

No abstract provided.

Missouri Supreme Court; Respondents' Brief On Second Hearing; May Term 1939

Case Materials

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Letter, 1939-03-03, Lloyd Gaines To Callie Gaines; This Letter Is The Last Contact With His Family Before His Disappearance., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

Envelope: Postmarked March 4th, 1939, Chicago, ILL., Stock Yards Sta.1; cancelled 3 cent stamp. Return address: LLGaines, Room 203, Wabash Ave. YMCA, Chicago Illinois. Addressed to: Mr. Callie S. Gaines, 3932 W. Belle Place, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter:8 pages (mis-numbered). This letter is the last contact with his family before his disappearance.

United States Supreme Court; Respondents' Supplemental Brief To U.S. S. Ct. Decision; October Term 1938

Case Materials

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United States Supreme Court; Decision; October Term 1938, Chief Justice Hughes

Case Materials

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United States Supreme Court; Bound Copy Of Petition Of Respondents' For Rehearing; October Term 1938

Case Materials

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United States Supreme Court; Respondents' Brief In Opposition To Petition For Certiori; October Term 1938

Case Materials

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Letter, 1937-11-30,Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Encourages Brother To Visit Lloyd In Ann Arbor, Michigan., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

Envelope: Postmarked Nov. 30, Ann Arbor, Mich. 2 cancelled 3 cent stamps. Return address: 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Mich. Addressed to: Mr. Geo. D. Gaines, 3932 W. Belle Place, St.Louis, Missouri. Letter: 1 page letter on mongrammed stationery. Encourages brother to visit Lloyd in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Missouri Supreme Court; Decision; September Term 1937, Judge William F. Frank

Case Materials

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Letter, 1937-06-14,Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Discusses Work Prospects After Master's Degree Is Achieved., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

Envelope: Postmarked June 14, 1937, BUFF an CHI W.D. R.P.O.Special Delivery. 1 cancelled 10 cent stamp and 3 cent stamp. Return address: LL Gaines, 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Mich. Addressed to: Mr. Geo D. Gaines, 3932 W. Belle Place, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter, 3 page letter with accompanying newspaper article. Discusses work prospects after master's degree is achieved.

Missouri Supreme Court; Respondant's Brief; May Term 1937

Case Materials

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Letter, 1937-04-06, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Postscript Regarding Mo Supreme Court Case., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. Letter 4 pages, black ink. Addressed from 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 6, 1937. Discusses family news and life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postscript regarding MO Supreme Court case.