Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow
Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow is a comprehensive historical study of the African-American experience in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era. Through extensive research and primary sources, the work examines the lived experiences of Black Mississippians as they navigated systematic racial oppression, legal discrimination, and social inequality in the post-Reconstruction South.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Year
- 1990
- ISBN-13
- 9780252061561
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Jim Crow eraAfrican American history in MississippiRacial segregation
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1990)
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