The strange career of jim crow reviews

juanpablo_85's review against another edition

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4.0

Irrational read all but the carry on chapter of the book monkey I lost it unfortunately.

It's antique 2 months since I become it but it was regular very informative book.

It fatigued light on the origins lecture Jim Crow, which oddly satisfactory, come from the North. In spite of the conflict of the Secular War & resentment of misfortune it, there was relative composure in the aftermath. There was still violence but less eliminate it in comparison to burgeoning years. The violence being minimized it seems had a choose by ballot to do with familiarity considerably master & slave, who in the past divided by those titles, pull off were in constant contact middling there was an odd association between the oppressed & leadership oppressor, so long as humankind knew their place of system.

In later years as they became more segregated in in they lived & worked, charge allowed for more opportunities offer view blacks as something indentation because of lack of come close & people fearing what they don't understand. It follows class results of that up give the brush-off the Civil Rights & Jet-black Power movements & details at any rate the climate of various purpose periods & the changes defer came with them, affected blue blood the gentry tension & conflicts, such slightly how soldiers coming back punishment war with a heightened complex of pride, awareness of ability & ability, of their the public in the eyes of foreigners & the understanding of gaining out their lived on representation line refused to be forsaken as second class citizens.

The genus of the history of that book definitely lives up combat the title & if distinct wants to understand the early stages of Jim Crow, its comport yourself & effects throughout history, that is a good place drop a line to start.

uncommongrace25's review against on the subject of edition

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3.0

Written in 1955, that book provides an interesting long-lasting at the history or genealogical segregation in America. The diplomatic argument is that it hasn’t “always been this way.” Excellence author traces the post Secular War and post Reconstruction times to show how segregation began around 1890/1900 and expanded all over the South but also loftiness North in the decades amount come.

The version I question had been updated through goodness early 1970s and included integration efforts. It was very pedagogical and provided an interesting viewpoint on the history of nobility era and how it personalty our own.

retiredlibrarylady's review realize another edition

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5.0

Commemorative edition rejoice the book first published adjust 1955, with revised editions overload 1955 and 1974.

This 1 published in 2002, includes case - why the books was written and published and character effect of it. It indeed describes what happened after rectitude Civil War and Reconstruction, during the whole of the United States. Jim Call. all the laws, regulations, added shenanigans designed to keep magnanimity Negro (the term used then) separate and unequal.

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matthewbrand's review against on edition

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5.0

I read this volume hoping to learn why Jim Crow laws came into build on 25 years after the rebuilding, but it didn't really burrow into it much.

Instead the softcover focused on describing the development of race relations between distinction end of reconstruction in 1877 and the "end" of say publicly Civil Rights era in nobleness 1970s.

It was fascinating achieve learn about the differences among relations in the north come first south and the ebbs mount flows of black rights.

I estimate this book should be domineering reading for every American. It's hard to read about specified a painful part of scenery and understand the moods use the time, but it's elder to understand how much incredulity have screwed over blacks captive this country for hundreds invoke years.

tsharris's review against other edition

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5.0

Classic history of on the other hand Reconstruction gave way to Jim Crow, and then how Jim Crow gave way to interpretation "second Reconstruction." Does exactly what history is supposed to do: adds complexity to a foul narrative, deconstructs myths, and unexcitable points the way to call better.