Database:
African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922
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About this Database
In an 1883 decision known as the “The Civil Rights Cases” the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and declared the federal government could not prevent discrimination on the basis of race. This ruling paved the way for the codification of Jim Crow laws which would provide a legal framework to reverse the hard-earned gains African- Americans had made during Reconstruction. This collection covers many topical categories such as the growing body of work by African- American writers; the portrayal of African-Americans in art and literature; religion; race; early histories of slavery; the Civil War; Reconstruction; and others.
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This is the permanent URL for the database. It should be used in syllabi, lists of resources, and all other links provided to Johns Hopkins users. https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU07095