The accident of color : a story of race in Reconstruction / Daniel Brook.
Author/creator |
Brook, Daniel author. |
Format | Book and Print |
Edition | First edition. |
Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019] |
Description | xxiv, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Portion of title | Story of race in Reconstruction |
Contents | Preface: down the memory hole -- Introduction: les ambassadeurs -- Misfit metropolises -- Strange confederates -- Legally black -- Freedom riders -- Progress on parchment -- Browns versus Board of education -- Radical university -- Laws and outlaws -- The great betrayal -- Fade to black and white -- Conclusion: living the lie. |
Abstract | "A history of the first civil rights movement and the origins of black and white in America. When we hear "civil rights," we tend to think of the 1950s and 1960s activism that put an end to Jim Crow segregation laws. In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook takes us to New Orleans and Charleston, where before the Civil War, free, biracial people-- sometimes referred to as "browns"-- exercised many rights of citizenship. During Reconstruction, as a black- white binary displaced that nuanced tripartite system, "browns" made common cause with the formerly enslaved and allies at the fringes of whiteness. Tragically, the significant legal victories they scored together-- like desegregating streetcars and schools-- were swept away by a fierce backlash, which culminated in the Jim Crow regime. By revisiting a turning point in the evolution of America's racial system, The Accident of Color brings to life a moment from our distant past that illuminates the origins of the racial lies we live by"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 2019001184 |
ISBN | 9780393247442 hardcover |
ISBN | 0393247449 hardcover |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | F380 .R33 B76 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |