The Civil Rights Cases
The Grand Opera House in New York denied “another person, whose color is not stated, the full enjoyment of the accommodations.” Maguire’s theater in San Francisco “refus[ed] a colored person a seat in...
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A Chinese laundry in San Francisco circa 1886 The Waite Court (1882-1887). Seated, from left to right: Justices Joseph P. Bradley, Samuel F. Miller, and Chief Justice Morrison Waite, and Justices...
View ArticleHans v. State of Louisiana
Hans v. Louisiana (1890) The Fuller Court (1890). Seated, from left to right: Justices Joseph P. Bradley, Samuel F. Miller, Chief Justice Melville Fuller, and Justices Stephen J. Field and John...
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