Race Distinctions in American Law

Name: Race Distinctions in American Law
Author: Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas

Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas

African Americans -- Politics and government; Law -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations

Colorado, effect of intermarriage in, 84;
   punishment in, for issuing license, 86;
   for performing ceremony, 87;
   race distinctions in churches prohibited in, 141;
   separation of races in schools forbidden in, 187;
   statute as to Negroes practicing law in, 239;
   qualifications for voting in, 322–323.

 “Colored” required on street cars, 231.

 “Colored Persons” as race name, 20.

 Conductors, of trains, punishment of, for violating “Jim Crow” laws,
    225–226;
   on street cars, special policemen to enforce “Jim Crow” laws, 231.

 Connecticut, race distinctions in, in barber shops, 129;
   by insurance companies, 138–139;
   Negroes in militia in, 145;
   qualifications for voting in, 322–323.

 Constitutionality of apprentice laws, 57;
   of laws against cohabitation without intermarriage, 89;
   of laws against intermarriage, 95–97;
   of law separating races in Berea College,
 157–159;
   of California separate school law, 161;
   of laws separating races in public schools, 181;
   of exemptions in street car laws, 233;
   of Federal statute as to jurors, 249–250;
   of Southern Suffrage Amendments, 313–317.

 Contracts for labor by Negroes, 46–53;
   in Florida, 46;
   in Virginia, 47;
   in Mississippi, 47;
   in Kentucky, 47;
   in South Carolina, 48–53.

 Conveyances, public, separation of races in, 207–233.
   See “Jim Crow” laws.

 “Coon,” a term of contempt, 20.

 Cotton, bagging off, at night, a crime, 275.

 Court room, Negro in, 237–277.
   See Judges, Jurors, Lawyers, Spectators, Witnesses.

 Courts, separate, for Negroes, 272–273.

 Croatan Indians, intermarriage of, with Negroes prohibited, 90;
   separate schools for, 174.

 Curfew law for Negroes in Mobile, Ala., 276.


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 Dakota Territory, selling liquor to Indians prohibited in, 45;
   “white” stricken from election laws of, 286.

 Dare, Virginia, and Lost Colony, 90–91.

 “Darkies” as race name, 20.

 Defamation to call a white person a Negro, 26–33;
   actionable _per se_, 32.

 Delaware, “Black Laws” of, 37;
   apprentice laws of, 57;
   effect of intermarriage in, 87;
   effect given to marriages in other States in, 92;
   civil rights legislation in, 112–114;
   provisions for public schools for Negroes in, 169;
   separation of races in public schools of, 178;
   “Jim Crow” legislation in, 211;
   intimidation of Negroes at polls in, 293;
   qualifications for voting in, 324–325.

 Dependents, State, separated by race, 146–149.
   See Asylums, Blind, Lunatic, Prisoners, Reformatories.

 Designation of race separation under “Jim Crow” laws, 225.

 Detroit, Mich., race distinctions in restaurants of, 127.

 Dickinson, Secretary of War, on suffrage in Porto Rico, 313.

 Discriminations, race, and distinctions contrasted, 2–4, 348–362.
   See Distinctions.

 Disfranchisement, extent of actual, in South, 320–321.
   See Suffrage.

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Race Distinctions in American Law

Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas

African Americans -- Politics and government; Law -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations

Colorado, effect of intermarriage in, 84;
   punishment in, for issuing license, 86;
   for performing ceremony, 87;
   race distinctions in churches prohibited in, 141;
   separation of races in schools forbidden in, 187;
   statute as to Negroes practicing law in, 239;
   qualifications for voting in, 322–323.

 “Colored” required on street cars, 231.

 “Colored Persons” as race name, 20.

 Conductors, of trains, punishment of, for violating “Jim Crow” laws,
    225–226;
   on street cars, special policemen to enforce “Jim Crow” laws, 231.

 Connecticut, race distinctions in, in barber shops, 129;
   by insurance companies, 138–139;
   Negroes in militia in, 145;
   qualifications for voting in, 322–323.

 Constitutionality of apprentice laws, 57;
   of laws against cohabitation without intermarriage, 89;
   of laws against intermarriage, 95–97;
   of law separating races in Berea College,
 157–159;
   of California separate school law, 161;
   of laws separating races in public schools, 181;
   of exemptions in street car laws, 233;
   of Federal statute as to jurors, 249–250;
   of Southern Suffrage Amendments, 313–317.

 Contracts for labor by Negroes, 46–53;
   in Florida, 46;
   in Virginia, 47;
   in Mississippi, 47;
   in Kentucky, 47;
   in South Carolina, 48–53.

 Conveyances, public, separation of races in, 207–233.
   See “Jim Crow” laws.

 “Coon,” a term of contempt, 20.

 Cotton, bagging off, at night, a crime, 275.

 Court room, Negro in, 237–277.
   See Judges, Jurors, Lawyers, Spectators, Witnesses.

 Courts, separate, for Negroes, 272–273.

 Croatan Indians, intermarriage of, with Negroes prohibited, 90;
   separate schools for, 174.

 Curfew law for Negroes in Mobile, Ala., 276.


                                   D

 Dakota Territory, selling liquor to Indians prohibited in, 45;
   “white” stricken from election laws of, 286.

 Dare, Virginia, and Lost Colony, 90–91.

 “Darkies” as race name, 20.

 Defamation to call a white person a Negro, 26–33;
   actionable _per se_, 32.

 Delaware, “Black Laws” of, 37;
   apprentice laws of, 57;
   effect of intermarriage in, 87;
   effect given to marriages in other States in, 92;
   civil rights legislation in, 112–114;
   provisions for public schools for Negroes in, 169;
   separation of races in public schools of, 178;
   “Jim Crow” legislation in, 211;
   intimidation of Negroes at polls in, 293;
   qualifications for voting in, 324–325.

 Dependents, State, separated by race, 146–149.
   See Asylums, Blind, Lunatic, Prisoners, Reformatories.

 Designation of race separation under “Jim Crow” laws, 225.

 Detroit, Mich., race distinctions in restaurants of, 127.

 Dickinson, Secretary of War, on suffrage in Porto Rico, 313.

 Discriminations, race, and distinctions contrasted, 2–4, 348–362.
   See Distinctions.

 Disfranchisement, extent of actual, in South, 320–321.
   See Suffrage.

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