About the book
Long before the Montgomery bus boycott ushered in the modern civil rights movement, black and white southerners struggled to forge interracial democracy in America. This innovative book examines the most successful interracial coalition in the nineteenth-century South, Virginia’s Readjuster Party, and uncovers a surprising degree of fluidity in postemancipation southern politics.
Melding social, cultural, and political history, Jane Dailey chronicles the Readjusters' efforts to foster political cooperation across the color line. She demonstrates that the power of racial rhetoric, and the divisiveness of racial politics, derived from the everyday experiences of individual Virginians — from their local encounters on the sidewalk, before the magistrate’s bench, in the schoolroom. In the process, she reveals the power of black and white southerners to both create and resist new systems of racial discrimination. The story of the Readjusters shows how hard white southerners had to work to establish racial domination after emancipation, and how passionately black southerners fought each and every infringement of their rights as Americans.
Editions of Before Jim Crow
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807825877
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807849019
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469604824
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807899182
- EBook
- ISBN 9798893131130
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890871060
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Long before the Montgomery bus boycott ushered in the modern civil rights movement, black and white southerners struggled to forge interracial democracy in America. This innovative book examines the most successful interracial coalition in the nineteenth-century South, Virginia’s Readjuster Party, and uncovers a surprising degree of fluidity in postemancipation southern politics.
Melding social, cultural, and political history, Jane Dailey chronicles the Readjusters' efforts to foster political cooperation across the color line. She demonstrates that the power of racial rhetoric, and the divisiveness of racial politics, derived from the everyday experiences of individual Virginians — from their local encounters on the sidewalk, before the magistrate’s bench, in the schoolroom. In the process, she reveals the power of black and white southerners to both create and resist new systems of racial discrimination. The story of the Readjusters shows how hard white southerners had to work to establish racial domination after emancipation, and how passionately black southerners fought each and every infringement of their rights as Americans.
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Long before the Montgomery bus boycott ushered in the modern civil rights movement, black and white southerners struggled to forge interracial democracy in America. This innovative book examines the most successful interracial coalition in the nineteenth-century South, Virginia’s Readjuster Party, and uncovers a surprising degree of fluidity in postemancipation southern politics.
Melding social, cultural, and political history, Jane Dailey chronicles the Readjusters' efforts to foster political cooperation across the color line. She demonstrates that the power of racial rhetoric, and the divisiveness of racial politics, derived from the everyday experiences of individual Virginians — from their local encounters on the sidewalk, before the magistrate’s bench, in the schoolroom. In the process, she reveals the power of black and white southerners to both create and resist new systems of racial discrimination. The story of the Readjusters shows how hard white southerners had to work to establish racial domination after emancipation, and how passionately black southerners fought each and every infringement of their rights as Americans.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Before Jim Crow?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Where can I read a sample of Before Jim Crow?
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How long is Before Jim Crow and how many pages does it have?
Before Jim Crow has 292 page(s)
Is Before Jim Crow part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Gender and American Culture
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Before Jim Crow?
Jane Dailey
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Before Jim Crow is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807825877) and paperback(ISBN 9780807849019) and ebook(ISBN 9781469604824) and ebook(ISBN 9780807899182) and ebook(ISBN 9798893131130) and pdf(ISBN 9798890871060)
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