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Reforming Jim Crow

Johnson, Kimberley S., 1966-

Reforming Jim Crow Southern politics and state in the age before Brown / [electronic resource] : Kimberley Johnson. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 326 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text reshapes how we think about the origins of the civil rights era. The book paints a complex portrait of racial politics in the South in the first half of the 20th century and shows how the weaknesses in the Jim Crow system allowed reformers to lay some of the groundwork that would lead to the system's eventual collapse.

9780199776771 (ebook) : No price


Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961.


African Americans--Segregation.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights--History.--Southern States
Segregation in education--History.--Southern States


Southern States--Race relations.
Southern States--Politics and government.

E185.61

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