Legislating Racism: The Billion Dollar Congress and the Birth of Jim Crow

" The Civil War and Reconstruction were characterized by two lasting legacies-the failure to bring racial harmony to the South and the failure to foster reconciliation between the North and South. The nation was left with a festering race problem, as a white-dominated society and political structure debated the proper role for blacks. At the national level, both sides harbored bitter feelings toward the other, which often resulted in clashes among congressmen that inflamed, rather than solved, t

Author: Thomas Adams Upchurch
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/30/2004
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.26w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780813123110

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1292

About the Author

Thomas Adams Upchurch is assistant professor of History at East Georgia College in Statesboro.

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