May 18, 1896 | Legal decision
These excerpts from Justice John Harlan's dissent from the Supreme Court's Plessy v Ferguson decision include scathing counter-arguments to the majority decision that asserted the legality of "separate but equal" facilities.
May 18, 1896 | Legal decision
These excerpts from the Supreme Court's Plessy v Ferguson decision outline primary points of the seven-man decision that asserted the constitutionality of "separate but equal" facilities.
July 9, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 13, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 13, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 13, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 13, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 14, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 15, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 15, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 16, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 16, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 16, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 16, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 16, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 16, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 16, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 17, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 17, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
July 17, 1896 | Speech
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.