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Reforming Jim Crow [electronic resource] : Southern politics and state in the age before Brown / Kimberley Johnson.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 326 p.).ISBN: 9780199776771 (ebook) :; 0199776776 (ebook) :.Subject(s): African Americans -- Segregation | African Americans -- Civil rights | Civil rights -- Southern States -- History | Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 | Segregation in education -- Southern States -- History | Southern States -- Race relations | Southern States -- Politics and governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780195387421DDC classification: 323.1'196073 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.