TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hussey,Maria
AU  - Von Zumbusch,Amelie
TI  - The Rise of the Jim Crow Era
T2  - The African American Experience. From Slavery to the Presidency
SN  - 9781680480443
AV  - E185 .R574 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Britannica Educational Publishing
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Southern States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Segregation
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Racism
KW  - 1863-1877
KW  - 1877-1964
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: The Rebirth of White Supremacy; Chapter Two: Political, Economic, and Social Disparity; Chapter Three: The Age of Booker T. Washington; Chapter Four: Violence, the Niagara Movement, and the Rise of the NAACP; Chapter Five: Black Leaders; Conclusion; Timeline; Glossary; For More Information; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover; 2; b
N2  - Starting in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws began to appear across the South. Their aim was to enforce racial segregation, consolidating power in the hands of whites. This book examines the impact of these laws and other challenges that African Americans faced between the Reconstruction period and World War I. Topics discussed include the rise of groups promoting white supremacy, laws designed to quash African-American voting, Plessey volume Ferguson, the success of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute, racially motivated riots, and the formation of the NAACP
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