Expanding understanding of Jim Crow as a term and a time, this book provides an accessible documentary profile of the origin and extent of American racial segregation beyond the common confines of 1865 to 1965
Jim Crow was not, as many have supposed, merely an aftermath of slavery: it played a central role in defining America's social system. Like slavery, it was not simply a set of laws: custom and practice created it, and law lent it strength. Jim Crow reified an America of stereotypical extremes and exclusion. For example, nonwhites were simply not allowed to use public beaches, pools, golf courses, or parks, and the inequities have not ceased.
In Documents of the Jim Crow Era: Eyewitness to History chronologically organized documents apprise readers of the reality of Jim Crow, while introductions facilitate readers' appreciation of continuities and discontinuities in the nature and scope of racial segregation. General readers as well as students will learn about the development of U.S. society and the role racial politics and practices played and continue to play through powerful first-hand accounts.
* Provides reliable insight into America's racial divide through nearly 100 primary documents including oral histories, news reports, and official records* Provides context for documents through introductions and chronological organization that together demonstrate the role of custom and popular practice in racial oppression
* Exposes the reach and the depth of white supremacy in the fabric of American society
* Offers a compelling view of the struggle for a segregated political and social structure in the founding of the United States
- ISBN10 1440855587
- ISBN13 9781440855580
- Publish Date 30 September 2018
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Greenwood Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 275
- Language English