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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... political. The colored man is wronged as a man, having a right to equal liberty with other men. He is wronged as a laborer, being deprived of free opportunity. He is wronged as a citizen, being stripped of lawful political power and ...
... political. The colored man is wronged as a man, having a right to equal liberty with other men. He is wronged as a laborer, being deprived of free opportunity. He is wronged as a citizen, being stripped of lawful political power and ...
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... political conflicts of the Civil War era behind it, he seemed determined to revive them. Tourgée antagonized white ... politics. One of the most striking aspects of the outcry against Tourgée in the 1890s in the Northern press was its ...
... political conflicts of the Civil War era behind it, he seemed determined to revive them. Tourgée antagonized white ... politics. One of the most striking aspects of the outcry against Tourgée in the 1890s in the Northern press was its ...
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... political commentator, he wrote fifteen political novels, eight books ofhistorical and social criticism, and several hundred newspaper and magazine articles that constitute an impressive monument of dissent against the prevailing tide ...
... political commentator, he wrote fifteen political novels, eight books ofhistorical and social criticism, and several hundred newspaper and magazine articles that constitute an impressive monument of dissent against the prevailing tide ...
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... political evolution of the color-blind principle and thereby deepen our understanding of its past, and its potential, uses. One might conclude that it is a measure of how far America has traveled on the road to racial justice that the ...
... political evolution of the color-blind principle and thereby deepen our understanding of its past, and its potential, uses. One might conclude that it is a measure of how far America has traveled on the road to racial justice that the ...
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... political rhetoric, one first must understand his underlying worldview. His ideas, writings, and subsequent actions must be understood in their historical context and in his lived experiences. Like nearly all Americans of his time ...
... political rhetoric, one first must understand his underlying worldview. His ideas, writings, and subsequent actions must be understood in their historical context and in his lived experiences. Like nearly all Americans of his time ...
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The Radical Advance | 41 |
The Counterrevolution | 163 |
Acknowledgments | 317 |
Abbreviations | 321 |
Notes | 323 |
Index | 375 |
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