The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives

Book • 2022
In *The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives*, Adolph L. Reed Jr. provides a nuanced understanding of everyday life in Jim Crow America.

The book delves into the multifaceted structures of the segregationist order, revealing its personal and political dimensions.

It highlights Jim Crow as a class system rooted in employment and production relations, stabilized by white supremacist law and ideology.

Reed's work offers insights into how Jim Crow continues to influence contemporary American society.

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Mentioned by Fabiola Cineas as the author of the book, recounting his childhood in the segregation-era South and his views on reparations.
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