Full Description
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.
Jim Crow Laws presents the history of the discriminatory laws that segregated people by race in the American South from the end of the Civil War through passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act. To paint a true picture of these deplorable restrictions, this book provides a detailed analysis of the creation, defense, justification, and fight against the Jim Crow system.
Among the subjects covered here are the origins of legal inequality for African Americans in the aftermath of the Civil War; the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in weakening constitutional protections against discrimination established in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments; the white justification of segregation; and the extreme brutality of Jim Crow's defenders. Equally important, readers will learn about the psychological, political, social, and economic costs endured by the victims of Jim Crow inequality, as well as about the motivations, rejections, and successes faced by those who stood against these abominations.
Contents
Series Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chronology
ONE Jim Crow Laws—Meaning, Origins, and Purpose
TWO From the Civil Rights Cases to Legal Segregation, 1883-1896
THREE Jim Crow Triumphant, 1896-1918
FOUR From the Great Migration to the Great Depression, 1915-1933
FIVE Jim Crow: From the New Deal to the Double "V," 1933-1945
SIX The Long, Slow Decline of Jim Crow, 1945-1954
SEVEN After Brown: Jim Crow Is Overcome
Biographies
Primary Documents
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Index
