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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Case: Elmer W. Henderson, printed version |
| Date | Oct 1949 |
| Document Type | Legal Document; Pamphlet |
| Description | Record of a court case about segregation on railways. The ruling upholds the use of segregated dining cars. |
| Series Description | Series 5: Surveys and Studies, 1944-1969 |
| Box Description | Transportation Study: Segregation in Interstate Railway Coach Travel |
| Theme/s | Legislation and Legal Cases Civil Rights |
| Keywords | railway, dining car, segregation, discrimination, legislation, judge, prejudice, coach, Pullman, Supreme Court, Shelley vs. Kraemer, Fourteenth Amendment, housing, real estate practices, covenant, Plessy v. Ferguson, food, Jim Crow laws, racial tensions, seat reservation, school |
| Names | Wright, Richard |
| Organizations | American Sociological Society; Howard University; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); United Nations |
| Places | Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Greensboro, NC; Louisville, KY; Mobile, AL; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Topeka, KS; Washington, DC |
| Library | Amistad Research Center |
| Copyright | Physical rights retained and permission granted by the Amistad Research Center |