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Prompts for February 22

Chapter 19

p. 397. Martinet’s profession was that of a civil law notary. What did that entail?

p. 398 Bystander’s position about the Separate Car Act was: “the law was a great insult to colored people,” mirroring Martinet’s position. Is that why Martinet suggested Bystander as the lawyer to test its constitutionality in federal courts?

p. 399-400 Why did Emma’s attorney suggested she swallowed hard and did nothing?

p. 401 What did Bystander mean by: “The negro, as a citizen, is a creation of the Republican party?” How do you feel about this assessment today?

p. 402-406 What is your impression about the new Justice Brown? Does it bring to mind and Yale-trained S.Ct. Justices on the the bench today?

p. 406-7 What can you say about the tyranny of separation and Martinet’s work in this area?

p. 408-09. What is your interpretation of the Bystander’s words “it was given freedom it must conquer liberty?” and Luxenberg’s “Silence was the servant of oppression?”

p. 410-12 What did Bystander mean with “rights are enforced and protected by the courts?”

p. 413. Martinet described the Southern whites as full of surprises in terms of inborn, ingrained, hypocrisy and treachery. Could it be that Luxenberg wants to single out one of the main characters of his book with these words?

p. 414-15 How do the Browns and the Tourgees spend the summer of 1891?

p. 416-17 How does Luxenberg explain that Louisville & Nashville “wouldn’t mind seeing separate car laws disappear?”