Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction in Black America, 1945-1990

by Winthrop D. Jordan (Editor), Sheila L. Skemp (Editor)

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First published December 1, 1987

About the author

Winthrop Donaldson Jordan was a professor of history at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Mississippi, and a renowned writer on the history of slavery and the origins of racism in the United States.

Jordan is best known for his book White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812, published in 1968, which earned the National Book Award in History and Biography, the Bancroft Prize, and other honors.