Author: (Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Inc.).
Title: Recent Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Southern Customs. Reprinted from the Southern Frontier.
Description: Atlanta, Georgia: Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Inc. 1942. 1942. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 4 inches wide. A trifold brochure printed in burgundy on creamy stock with text on both sides of each panel. Near fine. Third edition. A brochure published by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Inc. outlining Supreme Court decisions which affect African-American rights in the Jim Crow South. While those decisions still maintained the status quo in some instances "Separate Schools May Be Maintained", the brochure states that the law requires that "Educational Opportunity Must Be Equal", "Salaries Must Be Equal", while permitting "public carriers to continue segregation in its accommodations", "Facilities in Travel Must Be Equal". The brochure notes that African-Americans can't be excluded from juries, particularly in regards to death penalty cases involving African-American defendants, and that "Confession by Torture is Inadmissible". SCARCE. Fine .

Keywords: AMERICANA; RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AFFECTING SOUTHERN CUSTOMS; BLACK STUDIES; AFRICAN-AMERICANS; EQUAL RIGHTS; COMMISSION ON INTERRACIAL COOPERATION; BROCHURE; EDUCATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ATLANTA, GEORGIA; JIM CROW SOUTH.


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