Separate: The Story of Plessy V. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation

by Steve Luxenberg

Book Overview

Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first.

Separate spans a striking range of characters and landscapes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393239373
• ISBN13: 9780393239379
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"