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Jim Crow America: A Documentary History
Catherine M. Lewis
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Description for Jim Crow America: A Documentary History
Paperback. The term "Jim Crow" has had multiple meanings and a dark and complex past. This book provides readers with primary source materials from 1828 to 1980 that reveal how the Jim Crow era affects how historians practice their craft. It is organized into five sections, each of which focuses on a different historical period in the story of Jim Crow. Editor(s): Lewis, Catherine M.; Lewis, J. Richard. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
This is an ideal resource on racism and segregation in American life. The term ""Jim Crow"" has had multiple meanings and a dark and complex past. It was first used in the early nineteenth century. After the Civil War it referred to the legal, customary, and often extralegal system that segregated and isolated African Americans from mainstream American life. In response to the increasing loss of their rights of citizenship and the rising tide of violence, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in 1909. The federal government eventually took an active role in dismantling Jim ... Read more
This is an ideal resource on racism and segregation in American life. The term ""Jim Crow"" has had multiple meanings and a dark and complex past. It was first used in the early nineteenth century. After the Civil War it referred to the legal, customary, and often extralegal system that segregated and isolated African Americans from mainstream American life. In response to the increasing loss of their rights of citizenship and the rising tide of violence, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in 1909. The federal government eventually took an active role in dismantling Jim ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288950
SKU
V9781557288950
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99-15
About Catherine M. Lewis
Catherine M. Lewis is associate professor of history and coordinator of the Public History Program at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of a number of books, including, with J. Richard Lewis, Race, Politics, and Memory: A Documentary History of the Little Rock School Crisis (University of Arkansas Press), The Changing Face of Public History, and Don't Ask What ... Read more
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