The Legacy of Jim Crow

Introducing a new nonfiction series for the next generation of activists, uncovering the hidden history of the United States through an anti-racist lens.

For this book in the True History series, Clarence Haynes (Newsday, Huffington Post) examines the history of policing and mass incarceration-exploring the Reconstruction Era, the 13th amendment, and the legacy of Jim Crow laws in modern America. Complete with an 8-page color insert with historic photographs, this series, created by political journalist Jennifer Sabin, reveals the truth about the most pressing issues and events in American history that continue to define the country's future.

Series Overview: Explores histories often left out of traditional books or education curriculums.

About the author

Clarence A. Haynes; Created by Jennifer Sabin; Introduction by David Ikard

Summary

Introducing a new nonfiction series for the next generation of activists, uncovering the hidden history of the United States through an anti-racist lens.

The true story of the discriminatory laws and ideas that affected African American life for generations.
 
   In the late nineteenth century, white lawmakers in the United States created a set of policies, collectively called “Jim Crow,” that created segregated facilities, like schools and parks, for African Americans in the South.
    But Jim Crow–type policies didn’t just affect the South. These policies have had far-reaching effects across America, impacting where Black people live, how they’re treated by the criminal justice system, and how they’re portrayed in TV and film.
    The Legacy of Jim Crow explores the details that have far too often been covered up, along with exclusive interviews with experts, including Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jeffrey C. Stewart.

Product details

• Authors: Clarence A Haynes, Clarence A. Haynes, David Ikard, Jennifer Sabin
• Assisted by: David Ikard (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2022
• EAN: 9780593385999
• ISBN: 978-0-593-38599-9
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 12 mm
• Series: True History
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; USA, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Political, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, People & places (Children's / Teenage), United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Relating to African American / Black American people