Color-Blind Justice : Albion Tourgee and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy v. Ferguson: Albion Tourgee and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy v. FergusonOxford University Press, USA, 2006年11月9日 - 400 頁 Civil War officer, Reconstruction "carpetbagger," best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights, Albion Tourgee battled his entire life for racial justice. Now, 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 Tourgee's life, from his childhood in the Western Reserve region of Ohio (then a hotbed of abolitionism), to his years as a North Carolina judge during Reconstruction, to his memorable role as lead plaintiff's counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson. Tourgee's brief coined the phrase that justice should be "color-blind," and his career was one long campaign to made good on that belief. A redoubtable lawyer and an accomplished jurist, Tourgee wrote fifteen political novels, eight books of historical and social criticism, and several hundred newspaper and magazine articles that all told represent a mountain of dissent against the prevailing tide of racial oppression. Through the lens of Tourgee's life, Elliott illuminates the war of ideas about race that raged through the United States in the nineteenth century, from the heated debate over slavery before the Civil War, through the conflict over aid to freedmen during Reconstruction, to the backlash toward the end of the century, when Tourgee saw his country retreat from the goals of equality and freedom and utterly repudiate the work of Reconstruction. A poignant and inspiring study in courage and conviction, Color Blind Justice offers us an unforgettable portrayal of Albion Tourgee and the principles to which he dedicated his life. Finalist, 2007 Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship |
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... later , Tourgée found himself again in the role of the Fool . This time the storm of abuse and scorn came not only from his conservative Southern foes , but from his former sup- porters in the North as well . Tourgée's error was that he ...
... later , Tourgée found himself again in the role of the Fool . This time the storm of abuse and scorn came not only from his conservative Southern foes , but from his former sup- porters in the North as well . Tourgée's error was that he ...
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... later had become a rhetorical weapon of social conservatives. New Right conservatives who deny the continuing influence of racism on society have adopted the mantra of color-blindness as a powerful rationale to oppose much of the civil ...
... later had become a rhetorical weapon of social conservatives. New Right conservatives who deny the continuing influence of racism on society have adopted the mantra of color-blindness as a powerful rationale to oppose much of the civil ...
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... later chapter ) , though somewhat different in purpose , does not contradict this argument . Indeed , he deserves credit as the originator of the assertion that “ whiteness ” functions as property . 15 For a fruitful analysis of ...
... later chapter ) , though somewhat different in purpose , does not contradict this argument . Indeed , he deserves credit as the originator of the assertion that “ whiteness ” functions as property . 15 For a fruitful analysis of ...
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... later career , Tourgée developed a theory of democratic citizenship in which he advocated civic ethics based on the Golden Rule . " Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye even so to them . ' This is the measure of the ...
... later career , Tourgée developed a theory of democratic citizenship in which he advocated civic ethics based on the Golden Rule . " Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye even so to them . ' This is the measure of the ...
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... later become entrenched in American popular and academic culture , they were not accepted entirely uncritically in the late nineteenth century . When he launched the N.C.R.A. in the 1890s , hundreds of letters of support arrived ...
... later become entrenched in American popular and academic culture , they were not accepted entirely uncritically in the late nineteenth century . When he launched the N.C.R.A. in the 1890s , hundreds of letters of support arrived ...
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The Radical Advance | 41 |
The Counterrevolution | 163 |
Acknowledgments | 317 |
Abbreviations | 321 |
Notes | 323 |
Index | 375 |
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