Meisner v Detroit, Belle Isle & Windsor Ferry Company (1908)
Samuel Meisner sues the ferry company for refusing to accept him as a passenger because he was black. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in...
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Booker v Grand Rapids Medical College (1909)
The Michigan Supreme Court rules against the Kent County Circuit Court in a case where two black students are expelled after several...
Buchanan v Warley (1917)
In Louisville, Kentucky, a white man sold a house to a black man. At that time, the city had an ordinance that prevented blacks from...
Parmalee v Morris (1922)
This Michigan Supreme court case, decided on June 5, 1922, was just one example of similar cases heard in courts across the country that...
Porter v Barrett (1925)
This is another case of the use of racial exclusion covenant clause taking place in Muskegon Heights. An appeal was made to the Michigan...
Glenn v Grand Rapids Operating Corporation (1925)
Jelks, Randal M. “Making Opportunity: The Struggle against Jim Crow in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1890-1927.” Michigan Historical Review,...
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