Bibliograph

The Rise of the Jim Crow Era

Type

Label

The Rise of the Jim Crow Era

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Rise of the Jim Crow Era

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

The African American Experience. From Slavery to the Presidency

Summary

Starting in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws began to appear across the South. Their aim was to enforce racial segregation, consolidating power in the hands of whites. This book examines the impact of these laws and other challenges that African Americans faced between the Reconstruction period and World War I. Topics discussed include the rise of groups promoting white supremacy, laws designed to quash African-American voting, Plessey v. Ferguson, the success of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute, racially motivated riots, and the formation of the NAACP

Target audience

juvenile

Classification