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Experience a captivating journey through history with The Accident of Color, where award-winning author Daniel Brook paints a vivid landscape of nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston. This powerful and enlightening book uncovers the stories of free biracial people who fought for their rights in a racially divided America post-Civil War. Discover how these brave individuals allied with the formerly enslaved and progressive whites to challenge systemic racism, striving to dismantle segregation through bold legal battles and by desegregating schools and streetcars.
This BRAND NEW hardback edition, published by W W Norton & Company in 2020, spans 368 pages of riveting historical narrative. Designed for readers who seek to understand the complexities of race in America, The Accident of Color reveals how the violent political backlash and the implementation of Jim Crow laws erased the progress made during this era of racial cooperation and civil rights activism. This poignant account not only sheds light on a crucial turning point but also connects our current racial dilemmas to their historical roots.
Don't miss your chance to explore this compelling historical saga that intricately weaves together themes of race, identity, and resilience. With free shipping on this item, please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393531725
Year: 2020
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Description:
In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook journeys to nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston, where free biracial people exercised many rights of citizenship and fought to secure them for all after the Civil War. In coalition with the formerly enslaved and allies at the fringes of whiteness, they notched significant victories?like desegregating streetcars and schools?and launched an audacious legal strategy to defeat racism by challenging race itself.
Tragically, all was swept away by a violent political backlash, culminating in the Jim Crow laws that would legalize segregation and usher in a binary racial regime that endures to this day. By revisiting a turning point in the evolution of America's racial system, this ?poignant and powerful book? (Library Journal) brings to life a moment from our distant past that illuminates the origins of the racial lies we live by.
This BRAND NEW hardback edition, published by W W Norton & Company in 2020, spans 368 pages of riveting historical narrative. Designed for readers who seek to understand the complexities of race in America, The Accident of Color reveals how the violent political backlash and the implementation of Jim Crow laws erased the progress made during this era of racial cooperation and civil rights activism. This poignant account not only sheds light on a crucial turning point but also connects our current racial dilemmas to their historical roots.
Don't miss your chance to explore this compelling historical saga that intricately weaves together themes of race, identity, and resilience. With free shipping on this item, please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393531725
Year: 2020
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Description:
In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook journeys to nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston, where free biracial people exercised many rights of citizenship and fought to secure them for all after the Civil War. In coalition with the formerly enslaved and allies at the fringes of whiteness, they notched significant victories?like desegregating streetcars and schools?and launched an audacious legal strategy to defeat racism by challenging race itself.
Tragically, all was swept away by a violent political backlash, culminating in the Jim Crow laws that would legalize segregation and usher in a binary racial regime that endures to this day. By revisiting a turning point in the evolution of America's racial system, this ?poignant and powerful book? (Library Journal) brings to life a moment from our distant past that illuminates the origins of the racial lies we live by.