Ghosts of Jim Crow : ending racism in post-racial America /

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When America inaugurated its first African American president in 2009, many wondered if the country had finally become a "post-racial" society. Was this the dawning of a new era, in which America, a nation nearly severed in half by slavery, and whose racial fault lines are arguably among i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Higginbotham, F. Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Segregation > History.
Racism > United States > History.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Histoire.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Racism.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Segregation.
Race relations.
Rassendiscriminatie.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Creating the paradigm : racial hierarchy. Constructing racial categories from the nation's founding to the Civil War ; Maintaining white dominance during Reconstruction ; Preventing Black excellence between Plessy and Brown
  • Sustaining the paradigm : white isolation and Black separation and subordination. Maintaining racial segregation in schools and neighborhoods from Brown to the 21st century ; Victimizing Blacks in the 21st century
  • Ending the paradigm : building a post-racial America. Black empowerment and self-help ; Integration and equality.

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