Jim Crow''s Legacy - The Lasting Impact of Segregation

Jim Crow's Legacy shows the lasting impacts of segregation on the lives of African Americans who lived through it, as well as its impact on future generations. The book draws on interviews with elderly African American southerners whose stories poignantly show the devastation of racism not only in the past, but also in the present.

List of contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Reality and Impact of Jim Crow
Chapter 3: Everyday Surveillance and Racial Framing
Chapter 4: More Surveillance of Black Bodies
Chapter 5: Rape and Rape Threats: More Weapons of White Terror
Chapter 6: Coping and Resistance Strategies
Chapter 7: Fifty Years Later: Jim Crow Unwilling to Die

About the author

By Ruth Thompson-Miller; Joe R. Feagin and Leslie H. Picca

Summary

Jim Crow’s Legacy shows the lasting impacts of segregation on the lives of African Americans who lived through it, as well as its impact on future generations. The book draws on interviews with elderly African American southerners whose stories poignantly show the devastation of racism not only in the past, but also in the present.

Product details

• Authors: Joe R. Feagin, Leslie H. Picca, Thompson-Miller, Ruth Thompson-Miller, Ruth Feagin Thompson-Miller
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2014
• EAN: 9781442241633
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4163-3
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial; Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories