Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A.: The Laws, Customs and Etiquette Governing the Conduct of Nonwhites and Other Minorities as Second-Class Citizens

by Stetson Kennedy

Book Overview

Jim Crow Guide documents the system of legally imposed American apartheid that prevailed during what Stetson Kennedy calls "the long century from Emancipation to the Overcoming." The mock guidebook covers every area of activity where the tentacles of Jim Crow reached. From the texts of state statutes, municipal ordinances, federal regulations, and judicial rulings, Kennedy exhumes the legalistic skeleton of Jim Crow in a work of permanent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817356711
• ISBN13: 9780817356712
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Jim Crow 101

"Jim Crow Guide: The Way It Was", is an excellent 'guide' to life in the Jim Crow South. Stetson Kennedy's book amply captures this era, when terriorism of an entire class of U.S. citizens, in the South, was the order of the day. The author's style of writing and unique presentation technique, makes this work easy reading for general readers and all students of American History from 9th grade and above.