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Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation

James W. Endersby, William T. Horner

Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation

336 pages

Published: December 2016

12 illus.

ISBN: 9780826273628

Studies in Constitutional Democracy

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Winner, 2017 Missouri Conference on History Book Award

In 1936, Lloyd Gaines’s application to the University of Missouri law school was denied based on his race. Gaines and the NAACP challenged the university’s decision. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) was the first in a long line of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding race, higher education, and equal opportunity. The court case drew national headlines, and the NAACP moved Gaines to Chicago after he received death threats. Before he could attend law school, he vanished.

This is the first book to focus entirely on the Gaines case and the vital role played by the NAACP and its lawyers—including Charles Houston, known as “the man who killed Jim Crow”—who advanced a concerted strategy to produce political change. Horner and Endersby also discuss the African American newspaper journalists and editors who mobilized popular support for the NAACP’s strategy. This book uncovers an important step toward the broad acceptance of racial segregation as inherently unequal.

This is the inaugural volume in the series Studies in Constitutional Democracy, edited by Justin Dyer and Jeffrey Pasley of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy.

Authors and Editors

James W. Endersby is associate professor of political science at the University of Missouri. His work has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, Political Communication, and Social Science Quarterly.

William T. Horner is teaching professor of political science at the University of Missouri. His publications include Ohio's Kingmaker: Mark Hanna, Man and Mythand Showdown in the Show Me State: The Long Fight over Conceal and Carry in Missouri.

Praise For This Book

“This is a work of great significance to those who seek a mature, straightforward account of the life and times of Lloyd Gaines. A splendid achievement and a wonderful contribution to the history of civil rights in the era after Plessy v Ferguson and before Brown v Board of Education.”—Gary M. Lavergne, University of Texas at Austin, author of Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice

“Endersby and Horner do a nice job of putting the case into its sociopolitical context. They describe Missouri as a state that supported and fought to uphold segregation even though the state constitution did not mandate it. They also show how important the thriving local black press was in keeping the public informed as well as building popular support for civil rights initiatives.”—American Book Review
“Endersby and Horner focus on the vital role played by the NAACP and its lawyers—including Charles Houston, known as ‘the man who killed Jim Crow’—who advanced a concerted strategy to produce political change, as well as on the African American newspaper journalists and editors who mobilized popular support for the NAACP’s strategy.”—Law and Social Inquiry
“Excellent, erudite, and accessible addition to American History and Judicial Studies shelves”—Midwest Book Review
“A comprehensive account of the origins, development, and outcome of the Gaines case. The authors are at their best when discussing the NAACP, its legal strategies, and its cases. Endersby and Horner have written what is sure to be the standard account of the Gaines case for many years to come.”—Political Science Quarterly
“The work of Endersby and Horner illuminates in rich detail the story of a notable yet unheralded foot soldier and trailblazer in the civil rights movement and a precedent-setting yet often overlooked U.S. Supreme Court decision with a significant impact in abolishing the ‘Separate but Equal’ doctrine. The engaging narrative illustrates vividly how the crusading of local civil rights advocates converged with the strategic activism of the NAACP leadership to advance democracy and the cause of social justice.”—American Historical Review

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