Rise and Fall of Jim Crow : The Companion to the PBS Television Series

by Wormser, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780312313265
• ISBN10: 0312313268
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-05
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Lynchings and Beatings by Night. Demeaning Treatment by Day. A Life of Crushing subordination for Southern blacks maintained by white supremacist laws and customs known as Jim Crow. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow documents this brutal and oppressive era in American history, spanning the years from the end of the Civil War to the start of the modern Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. As the twenty-first century rolls forward, we are losing the remaining survivors of this pivotal era. Incorporating eyewitness testimony and over seventy-five rare and compelling archival images, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow is a poignant record of the African American struggle for freedom and the triumph of community spirit over institutions and laws designed to suppress it. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Richard Wormser has faught film and video production courses at the University of Bridgeport and Global Village in New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Promise of Freedom, 1865-1877	p. 1
Promises Betrayed, 1880-1890	p. 19
New Roads Taken, 1880-1890	p. 43
"Jim Crow Comes to Town," 1890-1896	p. 63
Victories and Defeats, 1897-1900	p. 79
The Worst of Times, 1900-1917	p. 103
Prelude to Change: Between Two Wars, 1918-1931	p. 125
Center Stage for Civil Rights, 1932-1944	p. 145
The Breakthrough, 1945-1954	p. 165
Epilogue: 1954-	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 187
List of Credits	p. 193
Index	p. 195
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