The Forgotten Court Case That Became American Racism's Building Block | BU Today
BU Today: How did you learn about this case? Jack Beermann: I was reading a scholarly article on the legitimacy of Southern state governments where white supremacists took control by force after Reconstruction. There was a footnote to Hall v. Decuir, indicating that the Supreme Court had prevented Louisiana from enforcing its anti-discrimination law. Since I study civil rights decisions from that period, I was surprised that I had never heard of the decision and was skeptical that the Court would have done that. So I went online and read the case, which confirmed what the author had said abo...
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