The Strange Career of Jim Crow
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow is a landmark historical study by C. Vann Woodward that traces the origins, evolution, and legal dismantling of racial segregation in the American South.
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| The Strange Career of Jim Crow canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African American history
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Southern studies NERFINISHED ⓘ history ⓘ |
| argument |
Jim Crow segregation was not an inevitable or ancient Southern tradition
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legal and political forces constructed Jim Crow ⓘ segregation developed gradually after Reconstruction ⓘ |
| author | C. Vann Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
classic of American historiography
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landmark study of segregation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
evolution of Jim Crow segregation
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legal dismantling of Jim Crow segregation ⓘ origins of Jim Crow segregation ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern history
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historical study ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
revised edition
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second edition ⓘ third edition ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
debates over origins of segregation
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interpretations of Southern history ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedHistorian | Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
civil rights scholarship
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public understanding of Jim Crow ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in U.S. history
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scholars ⓘ students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jim Crow laws
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history of race relations in the United States ⓘ racial segregation in the American South ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging assumptions about timelessness of Jim Crow
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linking law, politics, and custom in segregation ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| referencedBy | civil rights leaders ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
American Civil Rights Movement
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Brown v. Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ Plessy v. Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
African American studies courses
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university history courses ⓘ |
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