Publisher: Britannica Educational/Rosen

Copyright Date: 2016

Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 08/01/15

Pages: 80 pages

ISBN: 1-680-48042-1

ISBN 13: 978-1-680-48042-9

Dewey: 323.1196

LCCN: 2014039059

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
African Americans. Civil rights. Southern States. History. 19th century.
African Americans. Legal status, laws, etc. Southern States. History.
Racism. Southern States. History.
African Americans. History. 1863-1877.
African Americans. History. 1877-1964.
Southern States. Race relations. Juvenile literature.
Southern States. Race relations.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-77) and index.

Reading Level: 8.0

Interest Level: 7-12

Starting in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws began to appear across the South. Their aim was to enforce racial segregation, consolidating power in the hands of whites. This book examines the impact of these laws and other challenges that African Americans faced between the Reconstruction period and World War I. Topics discussed include the rise of groups promoting white supremacy, laws designed to quash African-American voting, Plessey v. Ferguson, the success of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute, racially motivated riots, and the formation of the NAACP.