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Author:

Fremon, David K.

Title:

The Jim Crow laws and racism in United States history / by David K. Fremon.

Publisher:

Enslow PublishersInc.,

Copyright Date:

c2015

Description:

96 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--Southern States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Southern States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Southern States--History--Juvenile literature.
Southern States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Racism--Southern States--History--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--1877-1964--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History.--Southern States--History.
African Americans--History.--Southern States--History.
African Americans--History.--History.
Race relations--Southern states.
Racism--Southern States--History.
African Americans--History--1863-1877.
African Americans--History--1877-1964.
African Americans--History.--Southern States--History.
African Americans--History.--Southern States--History.
African Americans--History.--History.
Race relations--Southern states.
Racism--Southern States--History.
African Americans--History.

Other Titles:

Jim Crow laws and racism in American history

Notes:

"Originally published as The Jim Crow Laws and racism in American history in 2000"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-94) and index.

Contents:

"The most important decision" -- Less-than-free freedmen -- Life under Jim Crow -- "Separate but equal" -- Action or accommodation -- "Come north" -- The key to independence -- "If not us, who?" -- The right to serve, the right to vote -- Violence and victory.

Summary:

Traces the struggles of African Americans from the end of slavery through the period of Jim Crow segregation in the South, to the civil rights movement and legal equality.

Series:

In United States history

ISBN:

0766060926
9780766060920

LCCN:

2013050753

Locations:

XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)