THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882
(Chapter Highlights: Unchecked legislative
aggression against the Chinese before the Chinese Exclusion Act; Pivotal Events that cemented anti-Chinese sentiment; Ghosts
of Angel Island)
PLESSY V. FERGUSON
(Chapter Highlights: The duplicity of the
Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court; The dynamics of Jim Crow etiquette; Red Summer & The KKK)
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 (Japanese Internment)
(Chapter
Highlight: Disparate responses of Mainland U.S. & Hawaii;
Diversity of reactions of Japanese-Americans to Executive Order 9066; Points of law)
OVERVIEW OF EUGENICS (STERILIZATION) LAWS
(Chapter Highlights: U.S. creates framework
for international sterilization laws and programs; U.S.-Nazi Germany
connection; Voices of opposition)
