Louisiana's gens de couleur and the DeCuir and Dubuclet families
Madame DeCuir returns from France and hires new lawyers
Madame DeCuir's journey and Reconstruction
Madame DeCuir's suit against Captain Benson
Judge Collum decides
The Louisiana Supreme Court affirms
Captain Benson takes his case to the US Supreme Court
Louisiana (and the entire South) redeemed
The US Supreme Court decides
The completion of the law's journey to separate but equal.