Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America

by F. Michael Higginbotham

Book Overview

A provocative, and timely, solution for ridding America of the traces of Jim Crow policies to create a truly post-racial landscape

When America inaugurated its first African American president, in 2009, many wondered if the country had finally become a "post-racial" society. Was this the dawning of a new era, in which America, a nation nearly severed in half by slavery, and whose racial fault lines are arguably among its most enduring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814737471
• ISBN13: 9780814737477
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"