Race in the American South: From Slavery to Civil Rights

by David Brown, Clive Webb

'Race in the American South' is an introduction to one of the most important areas of American history - the establishment and dismantling of two systems of racial control in the American slavery and segregation.

392 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Daniela]

As the name indicates, this is an academic non-fictional work with the aim of facing the phenomenon of racism and the construction of the concept of “race” in the Southern states of the USA since the colonial period until recent times. The amount of research done by the authors is evident, as is the successful attempt at keeping the language as simple as possible. Each chapter focuses on a particular period of African-American fight for civil rights and can be read individually, or merely consulted for their information.
I particularly enjoyed that Brown and Webb were very careful to portray, as much as possible, all sides of each conflict/issue. They are concerned with connecting the dots between facts by exploring the ideas of race, gender, and class and how their development and usage relates to the historical occurrences.