The Jim Crow Encyclopedia: Greenwood Milestones in African American History [2 Volumes]

by Nikki L.M. Brown

Jim Crow refers to a set of laws in many states, predominantly in the South, after the end of Reconstruction in 1877 that severely restricted the rights and privileges of African Americans. As a caste system of enormous social and economic magnitude, the institutionalization of Jim Crow was the most significant element in African American life until the 1960s Civil Rights Movement led to its dismantling. Racial segregation, as well as responses to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313341818
• ISBN13: 9780313341816
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 952 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.2" x 10.3"