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Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation James W. Endersby, William T. Horner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Endersby, James W.
- Horner, William T., 1968- author.
- Series:
- Studies in constitutional democracy.
- Studies in Constitutional Democracy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of Missouri. School of Law--Trials, litigation, etc.
- University of Missouri.
- Gaines, Lloyd Lionel--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Gaines, Lloyd Lionel.
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950.
- Houston, Charles Hamilton.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (394 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In 1936, Lloyd Gaines's application to the University of Missouri Law School was denied based on his race. Gaines and the NAACP challenged the university's decision. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) was the first in a long line of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding race, higher education, and equal opportunity. The court case drew national headlines, and the NAACP moved Gaines to Chicago after he received death threats. Before he could attend law school, he vanished. This is the first book to focus entirely on the Gaines case and the vital role played by the NAACP and its lawyers (including Charles Houston, known as "the man who killed Jim Crow") who advanced a concerted strategy to produce political change. Horner and Endersby also discuss the African American newspaper journalists and editors who mobilized popular support for the NAACP's strategy"--Dust jacket.
- Contents:
- 1. Lloyd Gaines and the Missouri milieu
- 2. Charles Houston and the NAACP's legal strategy
- 3. Gaines and losses
- 4. Substantially equal if separate
- 5. Gaines in the press
- 6. Public reaction and legislative response
- 7. The case returns to Missouri
- 8. The mystery of Lloyd Gaines
- 9. The Gaines legacy
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780826273628
- 0826273629
- OCLC:
- 950196612
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