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Author:

Brook, Daniel, author.

Title:

The accident of color : a story of race in Reconstruction / Daniel Brook.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xxiv, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Racially mixed people--New Orleans--New Orleans--Social conditions--19th century.
Racially mixed people--Charleston--Charleston--Social conditions--19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Charleston.--Charleston.
New Orleans (La.)--History--History--19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--History--History--19th century.
Racism--New Orleans--New Orleans--History--19th century.
Racism--Charleston--Charleston--History--19th century.
Southern States--History--History--19th century--Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: down the memory hole -- Introduction: les ambassadeurs -- Misfit metropolises -- Strange confederates -- Legally black -- Freedom riders -- Progress on parchment -- Browns versus Board of education -- Radical university -- Laws and outlaws -- The great betrayal -- Fade to black and white -- Conclusion: living the lie.

Summary:

"A history of the first civil rights movement and the origins of black and white in America. When we hear "civil rights," we tend to think of the 1950s and 1960s activism that put an end to Jim Crow segregation laws. In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook takes us to New Orleans and Charleston, where before the Civil War, free, biracial people-- sometimes referred to as "browns"-- exercised many rights of citizenship. During Reconstruction, as a black- white binary displaced that nuanced tripartite system, "browns" made common cause with the formerly enslaved and allies at the fringes of whiteness. Tragically, the significant legal victories they scored together-- like desegregating streetcars and schools-- were swept away by a fierce backlash, which culminated in the Jim Crow regime. By revisiting a turning point in the evolution of America's racial system, The Accident of Color brings to life a moment from our distant past that illuminates the origins of the racial lies we live by"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0393247449
9780393247442

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1054002709

LCCN:

2019001184

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)