Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

This one-volume reference work examines a broad range of topics related to the establishment, maintenance, and eventual dismantling of the discriminatory system known as Jim Crow.

• Provides a one-stop source of information for students researching the period of American history dominated by the discriminatory system of Jim Crow laws

• Puts phenomena such as "Sundown towns" within a larger framework of official discrimination

• Documents the methods used to create, maintain, and dismantle Jim Crow