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

“A history of the United States that is almost incredible.” —Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Temps Modernes

Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A. by Stetson Kennedy is a bold exposé of America’s institutionalized racism, originally published in 1959 and hailed as a landmark in civil rights literature. With unflinching clarity, Kennedy documents the laws, customs, and social codes that relegated nonwhite citizens to second-class status under the Jim Crow system. From the mistreatment of Native Americans to th...