The accident of color : a story of race in Reconstruction

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The accident of color : a story of race in Reconstruction

Title remainder

a story of race in Reconstruction

Statement of responsibility

Daniel Brook

Title variation

Story of race in Reconstruction

Creator

• trueBrook, Daniel

Author

• trueBrook, Daniel

Subject

• trueUnited States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
• trueWhite privilege
• 1800-1899
• Case studies
• Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
• History
• Louisiana -- New Orleans
• trueMultiracial persons -- Identity
• New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
• trueRace (Social sciences)
• Race relations
• Racially mixed people -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• Racially mixed people -- South Carolina | Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• trueRacism
• Racism
• trueRacism -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
• Racism -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History -- 19th century
• Racism -- Southern States
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana | New Orleans
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina | Charleston
• trueSegregation
• South Carolina -- Charleston
• Southern States
• trueSouthern States
• Southern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century -- Case studies
• United States
• trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century

Genre

• trueCase studies
• trueHistory

Language

eng

Summary

"A history of the first civil rights movement and the origins of black and white in America. When we hear "civil rights," we tend to think of the 1950s and 1960s activism that put an end to Jim Crow segregation laws. In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook takes us to New Orleans and Charleston, where before the Civil War, free, biracial people-- sometimes referred to as "browns"-- exercised many rights of citizenship. During Reconstruction, as a black- white binary displaced that nuanced tripartite system, "browns" made common cause with the formerly enslaved and allies at the fringes of whiteness. Tragically, the significant legal victories they scored together-- like desegregating streetcars and schools-- were swept away by a fierce backlash, which culminated in the Jim Crow regime. By revisiting a turning point in the evolution of America's racial system, The Accident of Color brings to life a moment from our distant past that illuminates the origins of the racial lies we live by"--

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueAccessible

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

LBSOR/DLC

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography