Ghosts of Jim Crow : ending racism in post-racial America /
F. Michael Higginbotham.
- New York : New York University Press, [2013]
- x, 316 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Creating the paradigm: racial hierarchy -- Constructing racial categories from the nation's founding to the Civil War -- Maintaining white dominance during Reconstruction -- Preventing black excellence between Plessy and Brown -- Sustaining the paradigm: white isolation and black separation and subordination -- Maintaining racial segregation in schools and neighborhoods from Brown to the 21st century -- Victimizing blacks in the 21st century -- Ending the paradigm: building a post-racial America -- Black empowerment and self-help -- Integration and equality.
9780814737477 (cl : alk. paper)
2012038383
African Americans--Civil rights--History. African Americans--Segregation--History. Afroamericanos--Derechos civiles--Historia. Derechos de los negros--Estados Unidos. Racismo--Estados Unidos. Segregación--Historia.
United States--Race relations. Racism--History.--United States Estados Unidos--Relaciones raciales.