Jim Crow Laws

by Leslie V. Tischauser

Overview

This disquieting yet important book describes the injustices, humiliations, and brutalities inflicted on African Americans in a racist culture that was created—and protected—by the forces of law and order.

Jim Crow Laws presents the history of the discriminatory laws that segregated people by race in the American South from the end of the Civil War through passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act. To paint a true picture of these deplorable restrictions, this book provides a detailed analysis of the creation, defense, justification, and fight against the Jim Crow system.

Among the subjects covered here are the origins of legal inequality for African Americans in the aftermath of the Civil War; the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in weakening constitutional protections against discrimination established in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments; the white justification of segregation; and the extreme brutality of Jim Crow's defenders. Equally important, readers will learn about the psychological, political, social, and economic costs endured by the victims of Jim Crow inequality, as well as about the motivations, rejections, and successes faced by those who stood against these abominations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313386084
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/06/2012
Series:	Landmarks of the American Mosaic Series
Pages:	215
Sales rank:	1,116,735
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Leslie V. Tischauser, PhD, is professor of history at Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword vii

Preface ix

Introduction xi

Chronology xvii

1 Jim Crow Laws-Meaning, Origins, and Purpose 1

2 From the Civil Rights Cases to Legal Segregation, 1883-1896 17

3 Jim Crow Triumphant, 1896-1918 35

4 From the Great Migration to the Great Depression, 1915-1933 59

5 Jim Crow: From the New Deal to the Double "V," 1933-1945 83

6 The Long, Slow Decline of Jim Crow, 1945-1954 107

7 After Brown: Jim Crow Is Overcome 129

Biographies 153

Primary Documents 165

Glossary 189

Annotated Bibliography 193

Index 205