American nightmare : the history of Jim Crow / Jerrold M. Packard.
By: Packard, Jerrold M.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2002Edition: 1st ed.Description: ix, 291 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0312261225.Subject(s): African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History | African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 | African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964 | Southern States -- History -- 1865-1951 | Southern States -- Race relations | African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History | African Americans -- History | Southern States -- History | Southern States -- Race relationsDDC classification: 973.0496073 Summary: Examines the laws and customs known as "Jim Crow" and discusses how this system of legalized segregation affected American society in the one hundred years following the Civil War.Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-280) and index.
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Examines the laws and customs known as "Jim Crow" and discusses how this system of legalized segregation affected American society in the one hundred years following the Civil War.
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