Davis, Thomas J

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Race relations in the United States, 1940-1960

The racism, segregation, and concentrated discrimination endured by people of color in the United States and the slow progress and occasional exceptions to such treatment are described in this carefully researched work. Davis (history, Arizona State U., Tempe) describes the people, events, and policies that mark race relations of the 1940s and 1950s in the 4th volume of a set that spans the 20th century.

Race relations in the United States, 1940-1960

The racism, segregation, and concentrated discrimination endured by people of color in the United States and the slow progress and occasional exceptions to such treatment are described in this carefully researched work. Davis (history, Arizona State U., Tempe) describes the people, events, and policies that mark race relations of the 1940s and 1950s in the 4th volume of a set that spans the 20th century.

Plessy v. Ferguson

2012
Explores the events surrounding the Plessy v. Ferguson legal case, which centered around Homer Adolph Plessy, a man of mixed race, seating himself in an all-white train car. Discusses how the Plessy v. Ferguson case reflected issues of race in the late nineteenth century and outlines the impact of this case's ruling.

John Calvin

2005
Examines the life of sixteenth-century theologian John Calvin, and discusses his influence on the emergence of early Protestant Christianity.

Race relations in the United States, 1940-1960

2008
A comprehensive understanding of race relations in the United States between 1940 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
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