Plessy v. Ferguson

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• SOURCE: Slate
  6/1/2023
  

  New Evidence: Rehnquist Pretty Much OK with Plessy v. Ferguson

  by Richard Hasen and Dahlia Lithwick

  A 1952 memo that Rehnquist wrote defending "separate but equal" was raised during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings and dismissed as work-for-hire. It is now clear that he supported the narrow interpretation of the 14th Amendment that the current court majority hopes to use to undermine civil rights. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7/7/2021
  

  The Supreme Court Justice Who Made History By Voting No on Racial Segregation

  Peter Canellos's new book examines John Marshall Harlan, whose blistering dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson was on the losing side in 1896 but became a foundational text for civil rights and equal protection activism. 

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• SOURCE: Harvard Law Today
  5/19/2021
  

  Plessy v. Ferguson at 125

  Harvard Law School Professor Kenneth Mack explains what the shameful decision meant, and why it still matters in 2021.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  9/25/2020
  

  The Case to End the Supreme Court as We Know It

  by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

  The Supreme Court has historically supported democratic and egalitarian change only when forced by social movements. People must stop looking to the power invested in the court and start looking for the power latent in themselves. 

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  Accessed 1/29/19
  

  The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in Law

  How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.