Case Study of a Justice: "Courageous" Plessy Dissenter John Marshall Harlan and his African-American "half brother," Robert James Harlan of Ohio

Arthur R. Landever

Case Study of a Justice: "Courageous" Plessy Dissenter John Marshall Harlan and his African-American "half brother," Robert James Harlan of Ohio

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Justice Harlan had been a slave-owner; he had opposed the Emancipation Proclamation; he had initially opposed the passage of the 13th Amendment and apparently the 14th; as an Associate Justice, he remained a racist, taking pride in being a member of the white race. Nonetheless, he was the most committed civil rights justice until the period of the 1940s or 1950s. What explains his votes and opinions? Can we know? Does it matter whether we know or not?

Original language	American English
State	Published - Feb 12 2003

Keywords

justice
harlan
john marshall harlan
robert james harlan
half-brother
black
plessy
thurgood marshall

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination
Law

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Case Study of a Justice: "Courageous" Plessy Dissenter John Marshall Harlan and his African-American "half brother," Robert James Harlan of Ohio

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