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Book SynopsisThis work aims to disprove the idea that the United States has been on a "steady march" toward the end of racial discrimination. Rather, progress has been made only in brief periods, under special conditions, and it has always been followed by periods of stagnation and retrenchment.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Unsteady March One: "Bolted with the Lock of a Hundred Keys" The Era of Slavery, 1619-1860 Two: "Thenceforward, and Forever Free" The Civil War, 1860-1865 Three: "The Negro Has Got as Much as He Ought to Have" Reconstruction and the Second Retreat, 1865-1908 Four: "The Color Line" Jim Crow America, 1908-1938 Five: "Deutschland and Dixieland" Antifascism and the Emergence of Civil Rights, 1938-1941 Six: "Double V: Victory Abroad, Victory at Home" World War II Seven: "Hearts and Minds" The Cold War and Civil Rights, 1946-1954 Eight: "There Comes a Time" The Civil Rights Revolution, 1954-1968 Nine: "Benign Neglect?" Post-Civil Rights America, 1968-1998 Conclusion: Shall We Overcome? Notes Index
