American nightmare

"In this work, historian Jerrold M. Packard examines an appalling stain on American history: the laws and customs known as "Jim Crow." For the hundred years following the end of the Civil War, a quarter of all Americans lived under this system of legalized segregation. Together with its rigidly enforced canon of racial "etiquette," these rules governed nearly every aspect of life - and outlined the draconian punishments for infractions as well.". "The purpose of Jim Crow was to keep African-Americans subjugated at a level as close as possible to their former slave status. Exceeding even South…