Jim Crow's Legacy: The Lasting Impact of Segregation

by Ruth Thompson-Miller, Joe R. Feagin Texas A&M University, Leslie H. Picca

Jim Crow's Legacy shows the lasting impact of segregation on the emotional and physical health of African Americans who lived through it, as well as its impact on future generations. The book features powerful interview excepts of African American southerners whose stories poignantly show the devastation of Jim Crow not only in the past, but also in the present.

The book is an ideal supplemental text for courses on race and ethnicity, African American studies, social gerontology, and more.

Genres: History, Race, Sociology, Nonfiction

278 pages, Hardcover

First published November 13, 2014

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[Mills College Library]

323.1196 T474 2015