Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-188) and index.
Contents:
Revisiting the case of Plessy v. Ferguson / Marouf Hasian, Jr. -- Dissent as prophecy : Justice John Marshall Harlan's dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson as the religious rhetoric of law / Daniel Mangis -- Setting the stage for Brown v. Board of Education : The NAACP's litigation campaign against the "separate but equal" doctrine / Clarke Rountree -- From natural to cultural inferiority : the symbolic reconstruction of white supremacy in Brown v. Board of Education / David Droge -- The rhetoric of Virginia's massive resistance movement / Ann E. Burnette -- The Supreme Court's rhetoric of legitimization / Ann M. Gill.
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