The Jim Crow Encyclopedia [Two Volumes]: Greenwood Milestones in African American History Brown, Nikki L.M. and Stentiford, Barry M.

"Jim Crow" refers to a set of laws in many states, predominantly in the South, after the end of Reconstruction in 1877 that severely restricted the rights and privileges of African Americans. As a caste system of enormous social and economic magnitude, the institutionalization of Jim Crow was the most significant element in African American life until the 1960s Civil Rights Movement led to its dismantling. Racial segregation, as well as responses to it and resistance against it, dominated the African American consciousness and continued to oppress African Americans and other minorities, while engendering some of the most important African American contributions to society. This major encyclopedia is the first devoted to the Jim Crow era. The era is encapsulated through more than 275 essay entries on such areas as law, media, business, politics, employment, religion, education, people, events, culture, the arts, protest, the military, class, housing, sports, and violence as well as through accompanying key primary documents excerpted as side bars. This set will serve as an invaluable, definitive resource for student research and general knowledge.

DOI: 10.1336/0313341818 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR4181.aspx

The Jim Crow Encyclopedia [Two Volumes]: Greenwood Milestones in African American History Hardback, 952 pages, $225.00 Copyright ©2008, Greenwood Press ISBN: 0-313-34181-8 DOI: 10.1336/0313341818

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