The accident of color, a story of race in Reconstruction, Daniel Brook
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The accident of color, a story of race in Reconstruction, Daniel Brook
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-329) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The accident of color
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1054002709
Responsibility statement
Daniel Brook
Sub title
a story of race in Reconstruction
Summary
"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
Table Of 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
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adult
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Story of race in Reconstruction
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- Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Racism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina -- Charleston
- Racism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Racially mixed people -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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- Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Racism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina -- Charleston
- Racism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Racially mixed people -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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