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The rise and fall of Jim Crow / Richard Wormser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 203 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0312313241
  • 9780312313241
Uniform titles:
  • Rise and fall of Jim Crow (Television program)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E185.61 .W935 2003
Online resources: Other related works: Rise and fall of Jim Crow
Contents:
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.
Summary: Discusses the laws and practices that supported discrimination against African Americans from Reconstruction to the Supreme Court decision that found segregation to be illegal.
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 323.1/WORMSER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500017039

"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.

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