The accident of color : a story of race in Reconstruction
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
ISBN
9780393247442, 0393247449, 9780393531725
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Case studies.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Racially mixed people -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Racism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Racially mixed people -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Racism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxiv, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780393247442, 0393247449, 9780393531725
UPC
40029230698
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-329) and index.
Description
"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.
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Before the Civil War free, openly mixed-race urbanites enjoyed some rights of citizenship and the privileges of wealth and social status. After Emancipation, as former slaves moved to assert their rights, the black-white binary that ruled the rest of the nation begins to intrude. During Reconstruction, a movement arose as mixed-race elites make common cause with the formerly enslaved and allies at the fringes of whiteness in a bid to achieve political and social equality for all. Brook journeys to nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston to show how these achievements were swept away by a violent political backlash and expunged from the history books, culminating in the Jim Crow laws that would legalize segregation for a half century and usher in the binary racial regime that rules us to this day. -- adapted from jacket
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brook, D. (2019). The accident of color: a story of race in Reconstruction (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brook, Daniel. 2019. The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brook, Daniel. The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brook, Daniel. The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
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