Bibliograph

Litigating across the color line, civil cases between black and white southerners from the end of slavery to civil rights, Melissa Milewski

Type

Label

Litigating across the color line, civil cases between black and white southerners from the end of slavery to civil rights, Melissa Milewski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Litigating across the color line

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1009178797

Responsibility statement

Melissa Milewski

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

civil cases between black and white southerners from the end of slavery to civil rights

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.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator