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Author
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xii, 258 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the origins and significance of several longstanding antiblack stories and the caricatures and stereotypes that support them. Pilgrim uses images from the Jim Crow Museum, the nation's largest publicly accessible collection of racist objects. Each chapter concludes with a story from the author's journey, challenging the integrity of racial narratives. --From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xi, 187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"For many people, especially those who came of age after landmark civil rights legislation was passed, it is difficult to understand what it was like to be an African American living under Jim Crow segregation in the United States. Most young Americans have little or no knowledge about restrictive covenants, literacy tests, poll taxes, lynchings, and other oppressive features of the Jim Crow racial hierarchy. Even those who have some familiarity with...
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