Category Archives: Jim Crow Era to the Great Depression: Laws and Legal Cases
59 H.R. 24329 (Introduced in House)
60 S. Res. 226 (Ordered to be Printed Senate)
A Review of the Testimony in the Brownsville Investigation
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Convened at Headquarters Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 15, 1907 in the Case of Capt. Edgar A. Macklin
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Convened at Headquarters Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 4, 1907, in the Case of Maj. Charles W. Penrose, Twenty-fifth U.S. Infantry
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Vol. 1
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Vol. 2
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Vol. 3
Berea College v. Kentucky Syllabus 211 U.S.
Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army; Order of the President Discharging Enlisted Men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Messages of the President to the Senate; and Majority and Minority Reports of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs
Congress and the Brownsville Affray
Cumming v. Board of Education
Ex parte Virginia 100 U.S. 339: Brief for the Petitioner
Giles v. Harris: Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama
Names of enlisted men discharged on account of Brownsville affray, with applications for reenlistment. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a Senate resolution of April 6, 1908, the names of the enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry discharged without honor on account of the Brownsville, Tex., shooting affray, who have applied for reenlistment under the order of the Secretary of War, and the statements submitted by them.
Oscar W. Reid v. United States.
Preliminary report of Commission of the Constitution League of the United States on affray at Brownsville, Tex.
Reinstatement of soldiers discharged from Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the extension of the time limit for the reinstatement of the soldiers discharged without honor from Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry.
Secretary Taft on the Brownsville Affair
Senator Foraker on Brownsville
Senator Foraker on Brownsville Case
Special message of the President of the United States communicated to the Senate on December 14, 1908.
Summary Discharge or Mustering out of Regiments or Companies. Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting Additional Testimony and Exhibits in the Brownsville Case
Summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, together with several documents, including a letter of General Nettleton, and memoranda as to precedents for the summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies.
Supreme Court Case No. 210: Plessy v. Ferguson: Brief for Plaintiff in Error
Supreme Court Case No. 231: Buchanan v. Warley: Brief for the Plaintiff in Error
Supreme Court Case No. 265: Nixon v. Condon: Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Brief in Support of Petition
Supreme Court Case No. 29: Gong Lum v. Rice: Brief and Argument for the Plaintiff in Error
Supreme Court case No. 300: Bailey v. Alabama: Brief and Argument of Fred S. Ball, for Plaintiff in Error
Supreme Court Case no. 98, 99, 100: Powell v. Alabama: Petition and Brief in Support of Application for Certiorari
Supreme Court of the United States No. 493: Brief for Appellant
Supreme Court of the United States No. 493: Motion to Advance
Supreme Court of the United States No. 493: Supplemental and Reply Brief for Appellant; Motion to Dismiss Appeal
Supreme Court of the United States No. 493: Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States No. 493: Motion to Dismiss Appeal
Supreme Court of the United States No. 493: Opinion of Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States No. 531: Williams v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States No. 621: Brief for the Plaintiffs in Error
Supreme Court of the United States No. 621: Brief of Frank H. Miller for Defendant in Error
Supreme Court of the United States No. 621: J. W. Cumming, et. al vs. The Board of Education of Richmond County, Georgia. Error to the Superior Court of Richmond County, Georgia. Statement.
Supreme Court of the United States No. 621: J. W. Cumming, James S. Harper, and John C. Ladenveze, Plaintiffs in Error, vs. The County Board of Education of Richmond County, State of Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States No. 621: Motion to Advance
Supreme Court of the United States No. 621: Supplementary Brief of Frank H. Miller for the Defendant in Error
Supreme Court of the United States No.531: Application for Rehearing in the Case of Williams v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States No.531: Application for Rehearing in the Case of Williams v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States No.531: Brief for the State of Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States No.531: Brief of Plaintiff in Error
Supreme Court of the United States No.531: Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States: Berea College vs. The Common Wealth of Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States: Berea College vs. The Commonwealth of Kentucky. Questions for Review
Supreme Court of the United States: Berea College vs. The Commonwealth of Kentucky. Reply Brief for Plaintiff in Error
The Brownsville Affray
The Brownsville Inquiry
The Debate on the Brownsville Affray
Transcript of Record: Berea College, Plaintiff in Error, vs. The Commonwealth of Kentucky
United States v. Murray Stanley; United States v. Michael Ryan; United States v. Samuel Nichols
A Bill for the relief of certain persons who sustained injuries in person and property at Brownsville, Texas, on August 13th, 1906, 1907
Bill Text: Resolution that the Secretary of War report to the Senate when Herbert J. Browne and W. G. Baldwin, mentioned in the President’s message of Dec 14, 1908, relating to the Brownsville shooting affray, were employed by the War Department to investigate what happened at Brownsville on the 13th and 14th of August, 1906., 1908
News article on Senator Foraker’s review of the testimonies given in the Brownsville Affray case, 1908
Congressional Hearing: Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, 1907
Congressional Hearing: Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, 1907
Hearing on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Hearing on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Hearing on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Supreme Court records for the Berea College v. Kentucky case, 1980
Congressional Hearing: Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army, 1908
News article about a bill to reinstate soldiers discharged after the Brownsville Affray, 1908
Supreme Court records on Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 1899
Supreme Court records on Ex parte Virginia 100 U.S. 339, 1879
Supreme Court records on Giles v. Harris, 1903
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray: names of enlisted men discharged, 1908
House and Senate Documents: Opinion rendered in case of Oscar W. Reid v. U.S., soldier discharged after Brownsville affray, 1908
House and Senate Documents: Preliminary report of Constitution League of U.S. on affray at Brownsville, Texas, 1906
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray: reinstatement of soldiers discharged from companies B, C, and D, 25th Infantry, 1908
News article on Secretary’s early summary of the Brownsville Affray, 1906
News article on Senator Foraker’s defense of the discharged soldiers in the Brownsville Affray, 1908
News article on Senator Foraker’s defense of the discharged soldiers in the Brownsville Affray, 1908
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray, special message of President, 1908
Congressional Documents: Summary Discharge or Mustering out of Regiments or Companies. Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting Additional Testimony and Exhibits in the Brownsville Case, 1907
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray, report of Secretary of War, and additional testimony [enclosed with 5252 S.doc.402/1; copy of 5078 S.doc.155], 1906
Supreme Court records on Plessy v. Ferguson, 1895
Supreme Court documents on Buchanan v. Warley, 1915
Supreme Court records on Nixon v. Condon, 1931
Supreme Court records on Gong Lum v. Rice, 1925
Supreme Court documents on Bailey v. Alabama, 1909
Supreme Court records on Powell v. Alabama, 1931
Supreme Court records on Giles v. Harris, 1902
Supreme Court records on Giles v. Harris, 1902
Supreme Court records on Giles v. Harris, 1902
Supreme Court records on Giles v. Harris, 1902
Supreme Court records on Giles v. Harris, 1902
Supreme Court records on Giles v. Harris, 1902
Supreme Court documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1897
Supreme Court records on Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 1899
Supreme Court records on Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 1899
Supreme Court records on Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 1899
Supreme Court records on Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 1898
Supreme Court records on Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 1898
Supreme Court records on Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 1899
Supreme Court Documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1898
Supreme Court Documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1899
Supreme Court documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1897
Supreme Court documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1898
Supreme Court documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1897
Supreme Court records for the Supreme Court case of Berea College v. Kentucky, 1907
Supreme Court records for the Berea College v. Kentucky case, 1906
Supreme Court records for the Berea College v. Kentucky case, 1907
News article revealing new evidence on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
News editorial on the innocence of the soldiers involved in the Brownsville Affray, 1907
News article about the ongoing debates in the Senate concerning the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Supreme Court Transcript of Record for Berea College v. Kentucky, 1906
Supreme Court records on Civil Rights Cases (109 U.S. 3): United States v. Murray Stanley; United States v. Michael Ryan; United States v. Samuel Nichols, 1879