Confronting Jim Crow
Robert Cohen
The University of North Carolina Press 
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Pädagogik
Beschreibung
Since the onset of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, America has grappled with its racial history, leading to the removal of statues and other markers commemorating pro-slavery sympathizers and segregationists from public spaces. Some of these white supremacist statues had stood on or near college and university campuses since the Jim Crow era, symbolizing the reluctance of American higher education to confront its racist past.
In
Confronting Jim Crow, Robert Cohen explores the University of Georgia’s long history of racism and the struggle to overcome it, shedding light on white Georgia’s historical amnesia concerning the university’s role in sustaining the Jim Crow system. By extending the historical analysis beyond the desegregation crisis of 1961, Cohen unveils UGA’s deep-rooted anti-Black stance preceding formal desegregation efforts. Through the lens of Black and white student, faculty, and administration perspectives, this book exposes the enduring impact of Jim Crow and its lingering effects on campus integration.
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Desegregation of the University of Georgia, Outlawing affirmative Action at the University of Georgia, Constance Baker Motley and the court case integrating the University of Georgia, Donald Hollowell and the court case integrating the University of Georgia, Interracial dating and marriage at the University of Georgia, Segregation at the University of Georgia, Hamilton Holmes and the desegregation of the University of Georgia, Racial violence at the University of Georgia, Vernon Jordan and the court case integrating the University of Georgia, Jim Crow’s afterlife at the University of Georgia, Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the desegregation of the University of Georgia