Color Blind Justice : Albion Tourgee and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy V. Ferguson.

By: Elliot, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2008Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (401 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199708345Subject(s): Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography | African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century | Lawyers -- United States -- Biography | Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) | Tourgée, Albion Winegar, -- 1838-1905 | United States -- Race relations -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Color Blind Justice : Albion Tourgee and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy V. FergusonDDC classification: 973.8092 LOC classification: E449 -- .T687 2006ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Intro -- Contents -- Note on Usage -- Introduction: Albion Tourgée and Color-Blind Citizenship -- Part I: The Color-Blind Crusade -- 1. Judge Tourgée and the Radical Civil War -- Part II: The Radical Advance -- 2. The Making of a Radical Individualist in Ohio's Western Reserve -- 3. Citizen-Soldier: Manhood and the Meaning of Liberty -- 4. A Radical Yankee in the Reconstruction South -- 5. The Unfinished Revolution -- Part III: The Counterrevolution -- 6. The Politics of Remembering Reconstruction -- 7. Radical Individualism in the Gilded Age -- 8. Beginning the Civil Rights Movement -- 9. The Rejection of Color-Blind Citizenship -- 10. The Fate of Color-Blind Citizenship -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Civil War officer, Reconstruction "carpetbagger," best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights--Albion Tourgée battled his entire life for racial justice. In this engaging biography, Mark Elliott offers an insightful portrait of a fearless lawyer, jurist, and writer, who fought for equality long after most Americans had abandoned the ideals of Reconstruction. Elliott provides a fascinating account of Tourgée's life, including his memorable role as lead plaintiff's counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson.
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Intro -- Contents -- Note on Usage -- Introduction: Albion Tourgée and Color-Blind Citizenship -- Part I: The Color-Blind Crusade -- 1. Judge Tourgée and the Radical Civil War -- Part II: The Radical Advance -- 2. The Making of a Radical Individualist in Ohio's Western Reserve -- 3. Citizen-Soldier: Manhood and the Meaning of Liberty -- 4. A Radical Yankee in the Reconstruction South -- 5. The Unfinished Revolution -- Part III: The Counterrevolution -- 6. The Politics of Remembering Reconstruction -- 7. Radical Individualism in the Gilded Age -- 8. Beginning the Civil Rights Movement -- 9. The Rejection of Color-Blind Citizenship -- 10. The Fate of Color-Blind Citizenship -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Civil War officer, Reconstruction "carpetbagger," best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights--Albion Tourgée battled his entire life for racial justice. In this engaging biography, Mark Elliott offers an insightful portrait of a fearless lawyer, jurist, and writer, who fought for equality long after most Americans had abandoned the ideals of Reconstruction. Elliott provides a fascinating account of Tourgée's life, including his memorable role as lead plaintiff's counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson.

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