Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1565846974 ISBN 13 : 9781565846975

Editeur : New Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Remembering Jim Crow The sequel to the award-winning Remembering Slavery, a groundbreaking book-and-CD set of interviews about the segregation-era South. Remembering Jim Crow, the groundbreaking sequel to Remembering Slavery, is an extraordinary opportunity to read and hear the voices of black southerners who were firsthand witnesses to one of the most heartbreaking and troubling chapters in America's history. Based o... Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Praised as """"viscerally powerful"""" (Publishers Weekly), Remembering Jim Crow is a remarkable book that captures the searing experience of the Jim Crow years - racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level. The document of hardship is also enriched by memories of individual, family and community triumphs and tragedies. In vivid, compelling accounts, men and women from all walks of life tell how their day-to-day lives were subjected to profound and unrelenting racial oppression.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Compilation of firsthand accounts of the Jim Crow era. Based on interviews collected by the Behind the Veil Project at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, this remarkable book presents the most extensive oral history ever of African-American life under segregation. Comes with a free CD.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Pr
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1565846974
• ISBN 13: 9781565846975
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 346
• Éditeur: Chafe William Henry, Gavins Raymond, Korstad Robert
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• Personne responsable: non disponible