Ghosts of Jim Crow : ending racism in post-racial America /

Higginbotham, F. Michael.

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)

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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.

002 E 185.61 / H635g 2013

305.896/073