{"product_id":"remembering-jim-crow-william-h-chafe-9781620970270","title":"Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell about Life in the Segregated South","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"viscerally powerful . . . compilation of firsthand accounts of the Jim Crow era\" won the Lillian Smith Book Award and the Carey McWilliams Award (\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on interviews collected by the Behind the Veil Project at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, this remarkable book presents for the first time the most extensive oral history ever compiled of African American life under segregation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Men and women from all walks of life tell how their most ordinary activities were subjected to profound and unrelenting racial oppression. Yet \u003ci\u003eRemembering Jim Crow \u003c\/i\u003eis also a testament to how black southerners fought back against systemic racism--building churches and schools, raising children, running businesses, and struggling for respect in a society that denied them the most basic rights. The result is a powerful story of individual and community survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRemembering Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A 'landmark book.'\" --\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Year in Books\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is not just an oral history for the South but for us all. It is a sobering reminder of the mistakes this nation has made, a hopeful reflection on how far we have come.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A shivering dose of reality and inspiring stories of everyday resistance.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William H. Chafe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620970279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620970270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d","brand":"William H. Chafe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372875075839,"sku":"9781620970270","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4764d65b-251e-434c-82ce-40fb51ed307f.jpg?v=1732727219","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/remembering-jim-crow-william-h-chafe-9781620970270","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}