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(LAW—SUPREME COURT.) MARSHALL, THURGOOD.
Engraved
Supreme Court sheet on heavy stock, signed by all nine members of the court.
Single leaf, 6 x 8 inches.
Washington, DC circa 1970’s
[800/1,200]
Signatures of the Rehnquist Court including Thurgood Marshall,William H. Rehnquist,
Anthony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Harry Blackmun, Byron White,
Wm. J. Brennan and Sandra Day O’Connor.
A RARE & IMPORTANTWORK
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(LAW.) STRAKER,AUGUSTUS.
Negro Suffrage in the South.
Frontispiece
portrait of the author. 47 pages. 8vo, original printed gray wrappers, with some overall
wear and a couple of small chips; short (1/4”) closed tear to the outer margin from the
frontispiece to page 20, probably from a careless reader.
Detroit, 1906
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION
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“dedicated to all lovers of a ‘square deal.’”An important work by this noted
African American attorney. It was David Augustus Straker (1842-1908) who in 1890
successfully argued the case of Ferguson v Gies in the Michigan Supreme Court.The Ferguson
decision outlawed separation by race in public places and was often cited in subsequent cases
challenging Jim Crow legislation, including Plessey.The present work addresses the increasing
problems facing blacks at the polls in the South. It is more than a simple argument for fairness;
Straker’s vast knowledge of the law, and history makes this a text-book for getting through
the innumerable impediments put in the path of the Negro voter in the South.
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