Title Statements
- Full title :Jim Crow laws / Leslie V. Tischauser.
Summary
"This disquieting yet important book describes the injustices, humiliations, and brutalities inflicted on African Americans in a racist culture that was created--and protected--by the forces of law and order. --Primary source documents, including Supreme Court decisions and W.E.B DuBois's 1947 'Statement on the Denial of Human Rights to Minorities in the Case of Citizens of Negro Descent in the United States of America and an Appeal to the United Nations for Redress.' -- A chronology of events concerning the legalization of discrimination in the era of Jim Crow, 1865-1965. -- A glossary of key terms related to Jim Crow laws, court decisions, and culture. -- An annotated bibliography of significant books from history, sociology, psychology, and political science relating to Jim Crow."--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:©2012
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
- Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 215 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0313386099, 9780313386091
- oclc:ocn800678294
- LC Classification:KF4757
- Dewey Decimal:342.7308/73
Table of Contents
Jim Crow laws : meaning, origins, and purpose -- From the Civil Rights Cases to legal segregation, 1883-1896 -- Jim Crow triumphant, 1896 to 1918 -- From the great migration to the Great Depression : 1915-1933 -- Jim Crow : from the New Deal to the double "V," 1933-1945 -- The long, slow decline of Jim Crow, 1945-1954 -- After Brown : Jim Crow is overcome.
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