Literature on Jim Crow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12129449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond Gavins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 13-16 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OAH Magazine of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0882-228X • E-ISSN: 1938-2340 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/maghis/18.2.13 |
| OpenAlex | W2330452987 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Southern black life—along with the influence of white racism on class, gender, and power relationships—is central to much of the recent historical literature. Black experience mirrored—and continues to mirror—the caste structure of American society over time and place. Until the 1960s, historians largely ignored blacks, the majority of whom lived in the South. There they had struggled behind “the Veil that hung between us and Opportunity,” as W. E. B. Du Bois declared in 1903. During the 1970s, however, social history infused a “bottom up” approach in slavery, emancipation, and civil rights studies. By the late 1980s, a number of scholars, some using oral history, expanded the study of “the two worlds within and without the Veil” (1). Scholars now emphasize “black agency” even as they explore the reality of “white supremacy.” Both themes mark contemporary scholarship, underscoring the importance of sources and perspectives to historical interpretation. While
Agency (philosophy · Black Power · Caste · Citizenship · Civil rights · Emancipation · Interpretation (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Racism · Scholarship · Social history (medicine · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · White supremacy · American History and Culture · Race, History, and American Society · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |