| Description |
xxv, 558 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Crowell publications in history |
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Crowell publications in history.
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| Contents |
Before freedom : to 1865. The promise of American life ; Defining status : slave and freeman ; Racial ideology : opinion in the young republic ; The black man in the courts : inequality affirmed ; The Civil War : end of chattel slavery -- The first shock of freedom : 1865-1883. Racial ideology : Anglo-Saxon master-racism ; Views from the White House ; The national party platforms ; Status of the ex-slave : the black codes ; The crop lien system ; The birth of Jim Crow ; Control of reconstruction by Congress ; Defying the Fifteenth Amendment ; The Supreme Court and the Negro, 1865-1883 ; State laws to protect civil rights ; Discrimination by state law ; Civil rights and the state courts -- Fading hopes. Racial ideology : turn-of-the-century views ; Views from the White House ; The national party platforms, 1884-1908 ; State laws to protect civil rights ; Discrimination by state law ; The Supreme Court and the black America, 1883-1910 ; The state courts and civil rights -- Hope deferred : the color line holds : 1910-1938. Racial ideology : some early twentieth-century attitudes ; Views from the White House ; The national party platforms ; State laws to protect civil rights ; Discrimination by state law ; The federal courts and the black American, 1910-1938 ; Civil rights and the state courts, 1910-1938 -- Reviving hopes : 1938-1954. Racial ideology : equalitarianism and dissent ; Views from the White House ; The national party platforms ; State civil rights legislation ; Discrimination by state law ; The federal courts and the black American, 1938-1954 ; The state courts and civil rights, 1938-1954 ; Federal executive action promoting civil rights, 1937-1954 -- Progress, stalemate, or reaction? : 1954-1970. Racial ideology : conservatives, moderates, and militants ; Views from the White House ; The national party platforms, 1956-1968 ; State laws to protect civil rights ; State discriminatory laws : reaction to the Brown decision ; Executive and legislative action : the federal government resumes the initiative ; The federal courts and the black American, 1954-1970 |
| Notes |
Includes legislation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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| LC no. |
77115037 |
| ISBN |
069019448X |
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9780690194487 |
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