This book explores the case of Hall v. Decuir , in which the Supreme Court rejected Madame Josephine Decuir's claim of race discrimination on a riverboat traveling from New Orleans in 1872. The case was a precursor to the Court's endorsement of "separate but equal," and the book examines the record in the case and the social background of the participants, as well as its legal importance to the entrenchment of Jim Crow in the law of the United States.
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This book explores the case of Hall v. Decuir , in which the Supreme Court rejected Madame Josephine Decuir's claim of race discrimination on a riverboat traveling from New Orleans in 1872. The case was a precursor to the Court's endorsement of "separate but equal," and the book examines the record in the case and the social background of the participants, as well as its legal importance to the entrenchment of Jim Crow in the law of the United States.
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