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Remembering Jim Crow : African Americans tell about life in the segregated South / by Chafe, William Henry.; Behind the Veil Project.;
Includes bibliographical references (p.[331]-335) and index.
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Oral history.;
© 2001., New Press,
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North of slavery : the Negro in the free states, 1790-1860 / by Litwack, Leon F.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: African Americans; Freedmen.; African Americans;
© 1965, c1961., University of Chicago Press,
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The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen / by King, Laurie R.;
Chance meeting with a Sussex beekeeper turns into a pivotal, personal transformation when fifteen-year-old Mary Russell discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive, retired detective Sherlock Holmes, who soon takes on the role of mentor and teacher.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character); Russell, Mary (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Women detectives; Young women;
© 2007, c1994., Picador/Thomas Dunne Books,
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The color of law : [electronic resource] : A forgotten history of how our government segregated America. by Rothstein, Richard.; Grupper, Adam.;
Narrator: Adam Grupper.In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation-the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments-that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" (The Atlantic), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. As Jane Jacobs established in her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, it was the deeply flawed urban planning of the 1950s that created many of the impoverished neighborhoods we know. Now, Rothstein expands our understanding of this history, showing how government policies led to the creation of officially segregated public housing and the demolition of previously integrated neighborhoods. While urban areas rapidly deteriorated, the great American suburbanization of the post-World War II years was spurred on by federal subsidies for builders on the condition that no homes be sold to African Americans. Finally, Rothstein shows how police and prosecutors brutally upheld these standards by supporting violent resistance to black families in white neighborhoods. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited future discrimination but did nothing to reverse residential patterns that had become deeply embedded. Yet recent outbursts of violence in cities like Baltimore, Ferguson, and Minneapolis show us precisely how the legacy of these earlier eras contributes to persistent racial unrest. "The American landscape will never look the same to readers of this important book" (Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund), as Rothstein's invaluable examination shows that only by relearning this history can we finally pave the way for the nation to remedy its unconstitutional past.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 244345 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Sociology.;
© 2017., Recorded Books Inc.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=3784149 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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The beekeeper's apprentice, or, on the segregation of the queen : [electronic resource] : Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series, book 1. by King, Laurie R.; Sterlin, Jenny.;
Narrator: Jenny Sterlin.In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees in Sussex when a young woman literally stumbles onto him on the Sussex Downs. Fifteen years old, gawky, egotistical, and recently orphaned, the young Mary Russell displays an intellect to impress even Sherlock Holmes. Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern, twentieth-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. They are soon called to Wales to help Scotland Yard find the kidnapped daughter of an American senator, a case of international significance with clues that dip deep into Holmes's past.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 378211 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Historical Fiction.; Literature.; Mystery.;
© 2015., Macmillan Audio,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=1516274 -- Click  to access digital title in OverDrive;
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Race, riots, and roller coasters : the struggle over segregated recreation in America / by Wolcott, Victoria W.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A tarnished Golden Age: race and recreation before World War II -- The fifth freedom: racial liberalism, nonviolence, and recreation riots in the 1940s -- "A northern city with a southern exposure": challenging recreational segregation in the 1950s -- Violence in the city of good neighbors: delinquency and consumer rights in the postwar city -- Building a national movement: students confront recreational segregation -- "Riotland": race and the decline of urban amusements."Throughout the twentieth century, African Americans challenged segregation at amusement parks, swimming pools, and skating rinks not only in pursuit of pleasure but as part of a wider struggle for racial equality. Well before the Montgomery bus boycott, mothers led their children into segregated amusement parks, teenagers congregated at forbidden swimming pools, and church groups picnicked at white-only parks. But too often white mobs attacked those who dared to transgress racial norms. In Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters, Victoria W. Wolcott tells the story of this battle for access to leisure space in cities all over the United States. Contradicting the nostalgic image of urban leisure venues as democratic spaces, Wolcott reveals that racial segregation was crucial to their appeal. Parks, pools, and playgrounds offered city dwellers room to exercise, relax, and escape urban cares. These gathering spots also gave young people the opportunity to mingle, flirt, and dance. As cities grew more diverse, these social forms of fun prompted white insistence on racially exclusive recreation. Wolcott shows how black activists and ordinary people fought such infringements on their right to access public leisure. In the face of violence and intimidation, they swam at white-only beaches, boycotted discriminatory roller rinks, and picketed Jim Crow amusement parks. When African Americans demanded inclusive public recreational facilities, white consumers abandoned those places. Many parks closed or privatized within a decade of desegregation. Wolcott's book tracks the decline of the urban amusement park and the simultaneous rise of the suburban theme park, reframing these shifts within the civil rights context. Filled with detailed accounts and powerful insights, Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters brings to light overlooked aspects of conflicts over public accommodations. This eloquent history demonstrates the significance of leisure in American race relations."--book jacket.
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; Recreation; African Americans;
© c2012., University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Jim Crow : a historical encyclopedia of the American mosaic / by Brown, Nikki L. M.,editor.; Stentiford, Barry M.,editor.; Gale (Firm);
Includes bibliographical references and index.The encyclopedia -- Primary documents -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.This book examines a broad range of topics related to the establishment, maintenance, and eventual dismantling of the discriminatory system known as Jim Crow.Description based on print version record.
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans;
On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/8NMF/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=lom_kirtlandcc -- Available online. Click here to access.;
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Plessy v. Ferguson : a brief history with documents / by Thomas, Brook.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.The Civil War amendments -- The slaughter-house cases and their implications -- The civil rights cases and their consequences -- Plessy's argument before the court -- The majority decision -- Harlan's dissent -- Plessy v. Ferguson, May 18, 1896 -- Selected views on the "race question" at the time of Plessy -- The race question in the United States, September 1890 / John Tyler Morgan -- Race amalgamation, August 1896 / Frederick L. Hoffman -- Capacity of the negro-his position in the North. The color line in New England, 1890 / Henry M. Field -- Atlanta exposition address, September 18, 1895 / Booker T. Washington -- Central Law Review, January 17, 1896 -- The press -- Equality, but not socialism May 19, 1896 / Times-Picayune (New Orleans) -- The unfortunate law of the land, May 19, 1896 / Tribune (New York) -- State sovereignty, May 19, 1896 / Union Advertiser (Rochester, New York).(cont.)A strange decision, May 20, 1896 / Democrat and chronicle (Rochester, New York) -- Evening journal (New York), May 20, 1896 -- Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), May 20, 1896 -- Separate coaches, May 21, 1896 / Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) -- Weekly blade (Parsons, Kansas), May 30, 1896 -- A.M.E. Church Review (Philadelphia), June 1896 -- Who is permanently hurt? June 1896 / Booker T. Washington -- Legal periodicals -- Central Law Journal, August 14, 1896 -- Michigan Law Journal, 1896 -- American Law Review, 1896 -- Virginia Law Register, 1896 -- African American intellectuals -- Strivings of the negro people, 1897 / W.E.B. Du Bois -- The courts and the negro, ca. 1911 / Charles W. Chesnutt -- Sixteen years after the decision -- From the fourteenth amendment and the states, 1912 / Charles Wallace Collins.(cont.)Dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Harlan, 1912 / Henry Billings Brown -- Appendices -- Members of the court -- Chronology of events related to Plessy (1849-1925) -- Questions for consideration -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Plessy, Homer Adolph; Segregation in transportation; Segregation;
© ©1997., Bedford Books,
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Freedom riders : 1961 and the struggle for racial justice / by Arsenault, Raymond.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [653]-679) and index.You don't have to ride Jim Crow -- Beside the weary road -- Hallelujah! I'm a-travelin' -- Alabama bound -- Get on board, little children -- If you miss me from the back of the bus -- Freedom's coming and it won't be long -- Make me a captive, Lord -- Ain't gonna let no jail house turn me 'round -- Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom -- O, freedom -- Epilogue : glory bound -- Appendix : roster of freedom riders.
Subjects: African American civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; African Americans; Segregation in transportation; African Americans; Civil rights movements;
© 2006., Oxford University Press,
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Brown v. Board of Education : a brief history with documents / by Martin, Waldo E.,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index.Shades of Brown : Black freedom, white supremacy, and the law. Historical backdrop : the Constitution, the law, and fighting Jim Crow ; The evolution of the NAACP legal claim against Jim Crow ; The growing anti-racist offensive : An American dilemma confronts World War II ; Continuity and change in the legal struggle : equality, equalization, and direct attack ; Politics, social change, and decision-making within the Supreme Court : the crafting of Brown ; The Brown decision : immediate responses and immediate consequences -- Roberts v. City of Boston (1849) -- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -- Sweatt v. Painter (1950) and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950) -- Brown v. Board of Education (1952-55). The lower court round : preliminary deliberations ; The Supreme Court rounds : the making of Brown I and Brown II -- Popular response to Brown. Newspaper editorials ; Letters to editors ; Political cartoons ; White backlash ; National Progress Report : realizing integrated schools ; The legacy of Brown -- Appendices. Chronology of events related to Brown v. Board of Education.The effects of desegregation and the legacy of the civil rights movement continue to influence American race relations more than thirty years after Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the most significant legal decision of the twentieth century. This brief volume reprints documents from and about the Brown case along with a number of relevant works by W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and the NAACP to illustrate the myriad responses - then and now - to the African American struggle for equality.A general introduction analyzes the case's legal precedents and situates the case in the historical context of Jim Crow discrimination and the burgeoning development of the NAACP. Photographs, a collection of political cartoons, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index are also included.
Subjects: Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961; Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education; Segregation in education;
© ©1998., Bedford/St. Martin's,
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