An overview of the Supreme Court case of "Plessy v. Ferguson," describing how Homer Plessy, an African-American man, challenged a law by sitting in a racially segregated railroad car in 1892, examining the historical significance of the case, and discussing how it affected the lives of Americans.
Provides accounts of fifty crimes from throughout history that have captured the attention of the American public, from the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln to the rash of school shootings in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Includes photographs and illustrations.
the extraordinary true story of the slave Sally Miller and her fight for freedom in Old New Orleans
Bailey, John
2003
Presents the true story of Salome Muller, a German immigrant girl who was lost to her family in the early 1800s and sold into slavery, her French master who claimed she was part African, and the desperate struggle for her freedom that led to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Describes the Supreme Court case concerning the steamboat monopoly between New York State and New Jersey, which established the right of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Discusses the case which identified a constitutional right of privacy for married people to use contraception and points out the significance of the ruling.
Presents accounts of eight significant trials in the twentieth century, including the Scopes trial, Watergate, Brown v. the Board of Education, and the Hinckley trial.
Discusses eight criminal trials tried in United States' courts, including the trials of Sacco and Vanzetti, Leopold and Loeb, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the Chicago Eight, Sirhan B. Sirhan, and James Earl Ray.
As the Ferryport Landing court hears the trial of the Big Bad Wolf, the Grimms must find evidence to prove the wolf is innocent, even if they are not convinced he should not be behind bars.
