Jim Crow laws / Leslie V. Tischauser.

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Presents the history of the South divided under a series of discriminatory Jim Crow laws passed from 1877 to 1965, addressing the origins of legal inequality, the white justification for segregation, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

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Main Author: Tischauser, Leslie Vincent, 1942-
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Landmarks of the American mosaic.
Subjects:
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > History.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
Physical Description:xxiii, 215 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
Presents the history of the South divided under a series of discriminatory Jim Crow laws passed from 1877 to 1965, addressing the origins of legal inequality, the white justification for segregation, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Call Number:KF4757 .T57 2012
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index.
ISBN:9780313386084 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0313386080 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780313386091 (ebk.)
0313386099 (ebk.)