Placeholder text
Jim Crow Laws
0 - Default Title
Description
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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
242
Release Date:
2024-01-25
Publication Date:
2024-01-25
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN13:
9798765120088
Weight:
374 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
Currently sold out