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Litigating Across the Color Line : Civil Cases Between Black and White Southerners from the End of Slavery to Civil Rights.

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In a largely previously untold story, from 1865 to 1950, black litigants throughout the South took on white southerners in civil suits. Drawing on almost a thousand cases, Milewski shows how African Americans negotiated the southern legal system and won suits against whites after the Civil War and b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milewski, Melissa Lambert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > Cases.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History.
Race discrimination > Southern States > History.
Courts > Southern States > History.
Noirs américains > Droits > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Discrimination raciale > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Tribunaux > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
South (AL.
State & Local.
United States.
HISTORY.
20th Century.
Modern.
African American.
Legal History.
LAW.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Courts
Race discrimination
Southern States
Electronic books.
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:In a largely previously untold story, from 1865 to 1950, black litigants throughout the South took on white southerners in civil suits. Drawing on almost a thousand cases, Milewski shows how African Americans negotiated the southern legal system and won suits against whites after the Civil War and before the Civil Rights struggle.
Physical Description:1 online resource (361 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190249199
0190249196
9780190249212
0190249218