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Informationen zum Autor Leslie V. Tischauser , PhD, is professor of history at Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL. Klappentext This disquieting yet important book describes the injustices, humiliations, and brutalities inflicted on African Americans in a racist culture that was created-and protected-by the forces of law and order. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Preface Introduction Chronology ONE Jim Crow Laws-Meaning, Origins, and PurposeTWO From the Civil Rights Cases to Legal Segregation, 1883-1896THREE Jim Crow Triumphant, 1896-1918FOUR From the Great Migration to the Great Depression, 1915-1933FIVE Jim Crow: From the New Deal to the Double "V," 1933-1945SIX The Long, Slow Decline of Jim Crow, 1945-1954SEVEN After Brown : Jim Crow Is Overcome Biographies Primary Documents Glossary Annotated Bibliography Index
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Leslie V. Tischauser is Professor of History at Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois.
