![]() He also argues how these components grew over a period time and therefore the system of segregation didn't fully evolve until years after the Civil War. ![]() Going against the belief that the Jim Crow laws was solely a result of southern white racism, in The Strange Career of Jim Crow, the author argues how there were many components involved in not only the emergence of the Jim Crow laws but also the acceptance of them. Everything from publics parks, to schools and hospitals were separated by race. Starting in the 1880's and not ending until 1954, the Jim Crow laws made segration between blacks and whites legal. One of the books main focus is showing how the Jim Crow laws and segregation was a result of social and political events which took place in earlier years, and that is was not a natural result from southern traditions or mores. He is most known for The Strange Career of Jim Crow which was published in 1955. Woodward died at the age of 91 in December of 1999. After doing his undergraduate at Emory College, Woodward went on to take graduate school at Columbia University and get his P.H.D. ![]() Woodward was born in 1908 in a small town in Arkansas named Vanndale. ![]() This book was written by a well known historian named C. This paper will give a review of the book titled The Strange Career of Jim Crow. ![]()
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