The rise and fall of Jim Crow /
Wormser, Richard, 1933-
The rise and fall of Jim Crow / Richard Wormser. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2003. - xv, 203 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
"The companion to the PBS television series"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.
The Promise of Freedom, 1865-1877 -- Promises Betrayed, 1880-1890 -- New Roads Taken, 1880-1890 -- "Jim Crow Comes to Town," 1890-1896 -- Victories and Defeats, 1897-1900 -- The Worst of Times, 1900-1917 -- Prelude to Change: Between Two Wars, 1918-1931 -- Center Stage for Civil Rights, 1932-1944 -- The Breakthrough, 1945-1954.
Discusses the laws and practices that supported discrimination against African Americans from Reconstruction to the Supreme Court decision that found segregation to be illegal.
0312313241 9780312313241
2002036876
African Americans--Segregation--History.
African Americans--Segregation--History--Sources.
African Americans--Civil rights--History.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Race relations--Sources.
E185.61 / .W935 2003
The rise and fall of Jim Crow / Richard Wormser. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2003. - xv, 203 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
"The companion to the PBS television series"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.
The Promise of Freedom, 1865-1877 -- Promises Betrayed, 1880-1890 -- New Roads Taken, 1880-1890 -- "Jim Crow Comes to Town," 1890-1896 -- Victories and Defeats, 1897-1900 -- The Worst of Times, 1900-1917 -- Prelude to Change: Between Two Wars, 1918-1931 -- Center Stage for Civil Rights, 1932-1944 -- The Breakthrough, 1945-1954.
Discusses the laws and practices that supported discrimination against African Americans from Reconstruction to the Supreme Court decision that found segregation to be illegal.
0312313241 9780312313241
2002036876
African Americans--Segregation--History.
African Americans--Segregation--History--Sources.
African Americans--Civil rights--History.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Race relations--Sources.
E185.61 / .W935 2003