The arrest: Plessy's ticket and ride
The start: a colony and Creoles of color
The takeover: French, Spanish, American
The colorline: becoming American
The city: Vive la différence
The war: slavery and segregation
The reconstruction: hope for equal rights
The redemption: despair for equal rights
The beginning of the end: surging segregation
The case: from start to finish
Biographies of key figures