gold rush, 111–112

Gong Lum v. Rice,, 113

Gratz v. University of Michigan,, 174

Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, Virginia,, 137, 140

Griffin v. Breckenridge,, 69

Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County,, 137, 140

Grutter v. University of Michigan,, 173–75, 196

Guinn v. United States,, 71

Hamilton, Alexander, 3

Harlan, John, Sr., 82–84, 92–94, 105–107, 159

Hayes, George E. C., 131

Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of, 138

Hernandez v. Texas,, 132–133

Hirabayashi v. United States,, 119

Holmes, Oliver W., Jr., 71–72, 110

Jefferson, Thomas, 12

Jim Crow, 102

Japanese-Americans, 117–121

Jefferson, Thomas, 1

Johnson, Andrew, 45, 50, 58

Johnson, Lyndon B., 139, 159

Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.,, 68–69

Josefa Segunda, The,, 13

judicial review, 47, 71, 188

jury selection, 85–87

Kansas-Nebraska controversy, 20, 22–23

Kennedy, Anthony, 156–157, 176

Keyes v. School District No. 1,, 142–146

King, Jr., Martin Luther, 138

Ku Klux Klan, 60

Ku Klux Klan Act, 59–60

Korematsu v. United States,, 117–119, 121

Latin-Americans, xvii, 111, 119

Legree, Simon, 22

Lincoln, Abraham, 29, 32, 40–41, 49, 82

lynching, 110–111, 113, 133

Madison, James, 5

magnet schools, 148

Malaysia, 179–180

Marbury v. Madison,, 16, 27, 188

Marshall, John, 3

Marshall, Thurgood, 114, 128, 131, 142–143, 162–165, 170–172

McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.,, 107

McCleskey v. Kemp,, 150–151

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,, 116–117

Memphis, City of, v. Greene,, 70

Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission,, 172

Mexican-Americans, 111, 113, 132–133, 152–153

Miller, Samuel, 67, 71, 74–75

Miller v. Johnson,, 178

Milliken v. Bradley,, 144–146

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada,, 114, 116

Missouri Compromise, 5, 20, 22, 30