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Oshan, Adam Period 1 11/20/13

Annotated Bibliography "Buck v. Bell - 274 U.S. 200 (1927)." Justia US Supreme Court Center. Justia, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. The Buck vs. Bell Supreme Court Case transcript is a syllabus of the original Supreme Court Case document of 1927. It is a primary source that provides factual information of the case.

"Buck v. Bell." Eugenics Three Generations No Imbeciles Virginia Eugenics Buck v Bell. Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, 2004. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. The online University of Virginia Exhibit is a secondary source. It provides background information of the court case and eugenics as well as original documents and pictures.

Dorr, Gregory M. "Buck v. Bell (1927)." Encyclopedia Virginia:. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 31 May 2013. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. This Encyclopedia Virginia Article gives history of eugenics and forced sterilization in Virginia and the legacy of the trial. It also has an audio tape aired on VFH radio by Dr. Paul Lombardo, talking about the case.

"Eugenical News." - Controlling Heredity: The American Eugenics Crusade. University of Missouri, 16 Mar. 2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. This is a website that describes the American Eugenics Society, the most knowledgable source on eugenics in the U.S. in the early 19th-century. It was founded in 1916 and has continued until 1953, a time period in which this case occurred. It is a primary document because while it does include information about the society, there are many newspaper editorials that are primary sources.

Fixed To Fail: Buck vs. Bell. Prod. JustJunya. YouTube. YouTube, 06 Jan. 2008. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. This video explains how the prosecution and the defense acted within the case and how both sides ended up forming a case in which Carrie Buck would lose. It also shows the result of this decision and is needed to display the ethical side of the case. This video shows pictures that are primary documents, but this video is a secondary source.

Franklin, Ben A. "Carrie Buck: Victim of the Pure Breed Ethic." Editorial. The Spokesman-Review [New York Times] 17 Mar. 1980: 11+. Google News. Google, 2012. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. This is an original newspaper article of an interview of Carrie Buck in 1980. It provides a first hand account from the Buck family. Primary document.

Holmes, Oliver W., Jr. "Buck v. Bell." Legal Information Institute. Cornell University Law School, 22 Apr. 1927. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. Mr. Justice Holmes read the opinion shared by the court. This website quotes the exact words that Holmes used when delivering his speech, therefore making this document a primary document. The opinion is essential to providing an insight into how the court felt and why the final decision ended how it did.

Laughlin, Harry H. "Eugenic Archives: Buck vs. Bell Supreme Court Decision." Eugenic Archives: Buck vs. Bell Supreme Court Decision. American Philosophical Society, 1999-2004. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. From Eugenicsarchive.org, this is a primary document taken from the court, showing the Supreme Courts decision of the Buck vs. Bell case.

Lombardo, Paul A. Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell. 1st ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2008. Print. This book provides a deep review of the case and the ethical versus practical applications. It ties other world examples to this case and looks at the legacy of the Supreme Courts decision. This is a secondary source.

Pitzer, Andrea. "U.S. Eugenics Legacy: Ruling on Buck Sterilization Still Stands." USA Today. N.p., 24 June 2009. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. This newspaper article is a secondary source which doesnt review so much the case, but the legacy left behind by the Supreme Courts decision. It examines this decision as it went throughout the decades.

Polirstok, Scott. "Buck v. Bell: A Case Study." Binghamton University - Department of History: Resources: Journal of History. N.p., 3 June 2012. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. This entry is valuable because it provides a brief insight into the economic, social, and political influences that brought about the eugenic movement in the early 20th-century. It is a secondary source because it was written recently and as a review of the case.

Stern, Alexandra M. Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America. 1st ed. Los Angeles: Regents of the University of California, 2005. Print. This is a valuable secondary source because it provides a detailed history of eugenics within the United States from an outsiders point of view. This helps to provide an understanding of eugenics that is needed when reviewing this case.

BUCK v. BELL. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 17 November 2013. Case info by the Oyez Project at the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. The Oyez Project is an online multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It is a secondary source.

Oberman, Michelle. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Buck V. Bell." By Michelle Oberman. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. This essay is a secondary source. It is a review and reexamination of both Paul A. Lombardos Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell and the case Buck v. Bell

Bruinius, Harry. Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity. New York: Knopf, 2006. Print.

A book and secondary source by Harry Bruinius that discusses and Emma and Carrie Buck, the women affected by Buck v. Bell. The book also talks about the causes of eugenics.

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