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RACE DISTINCTIONS IN AMERICAN LAW

PREFACE

CONTENTS

WHAT IS A RACE DISTINCTION IN LAW?

DISTINCTIONS AND DISCRIMINATIONS CONTRASTED

LEGAL AND ACTUAL DISTINCTIONS

ALL RACE ELEMENTS INCLUDED

PERIOD COVERED FROM 1865 TO PRESENT

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LEGAL DEFINITION OF NEGRO

PROPER NAME FOR BLACK MEN IN AMERICA

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NOTES

“BLACK LAWS” OF FREE STATES

RESTRICTIONS UPON MOVEMENT OF NEGROES

LIMITATIONS UPON NEGROES IN RESPECT TO OCCUPATIONS

SALE OF FIREARMS AND LIQUOR TO NEGROES

LABOR CONTRACTS OF NEGROES

APPRENTICE LAWS

VAGRANCY LAWS

PAUPER LAWS

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REMARRIAGES

CERTIFICATES OF MARRIAGE

SLAVE MARRIAGES DECLARED LEGAL BY STATUTE

MARRIAGES BETWEEN SLAVES AND FREE NEGROES

FEDERAL LEGISLATION

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INTERMARRIAGE DURING RECONSTRUCTION

PRESENT STATE OF THE LAW AGAINST INTERMARRIAGE

TO WHOM THE LAWS APPLY

EFFECT OF ATTEMPTED INTERMARRIAGE

PUNISHMENT FOR INTERMARRIAGE

PUNISHMENT FOR ISSUING LICENSES

PUNISHMENT FOR PERFORMING THE CEREMONY

COHABITATION WITHOUT INTERMARRIAGE

STATES REPEALING LAWS AGAINST INTERMARRIAGE

MARRIAGES BETWEEN THE NEGRO AND NON-CAUCASIAN RACES

EFFECT GIVEN TO MARRIAGES IN OTHER STATES

INTERMARRIAGE AND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

INTERMARRIAGES IN BOSTON

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FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION

STATE LEGISLATION BETWEEN 1865 AND 1883

STATE LEGISLATION AFTER 1883

PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THE LAW

HOTELS

RESTAURANTS

BARBER-SHOPS

BOOTBLACK STANDS

BILLIARD-ROOMS

SALOONS

SODA FOUNTAINS

THEATRES

SKATING RINKS

CEMETERIES

RACE DISCRIMINATION BY INSURANCE COMPANIES

RACE DISCRIMINATIONS BY LABOR UNIONS

CHURCHES

NEGROES IN THE MILITIA

SEPARATION OF STATE DEPENDENTS

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BEREA COLLEGE AFFAIR

EXCLUSION OF JAPANESE FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SAN FRANCISCO

DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT ON SEPARATION OF RACES IN SCHOOLS

SEPARATION BEFORE 1865

PRESENT EXTENT OF SEPARATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SEPARATION IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

EQUALITY OF ACCOMMODATIONS

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND

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ORIGIN OF “JIM CROW”

DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION PRIOR TO 1875

LEGISLATION BETWEEN 1865 AND 1881

SEPARATION OF PASSENGERS ON STEAMBOATS

SEPARATION OF PASSENGERS IN RAILROAD CARS

SEPARATION OF PASSENGERS IN STREET CARS

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AS SPECTATOR

AS JUDGE

AS LAWYER

AS WITNESS

AS JUROR

SEPARATE COURTS

DIFFERENT PUNISHMENTS

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NEGRO SUFFRAGE BEFORE 1865

SUFFRAGE BETWEEN 1865 AND 1870

SUFFRAGE BETWEEN 1870 AND 1890

SOUTHERN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENTS SINCE 1890

SUFFRAGE IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS OF UNITED STATES

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SUFFRAGE AMENDMENTS

MARYLAND AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT

EXTENT OF ACTUAL DISFRANCHISEMENT

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES.

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RACE DISTINCTIONS NOT CONFINED TO ONE SECTION

RACE DISTINCTIONS NOT CONFINED TO ONE RACE

RACE DISTINCTIONS NOT DECREASING

DISTINCTIONS NOT BASED ON RACE SUPERIORITY

SOLUTION OF RACE PROBLEM HINDERED BY MULTIPLICITY OF PROPOSED REMEDIES

SEARCH FOR A COMMON PLATFORM

PROPER PLACE OF RACE DISTINCTIONS

OBLITERATION OF RACE DISCRIMINATIONS

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INDEX