Alexander – Rebirth of Caste (PDF)
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P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz
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A historical account of the post-emancipation period in the United States, focusing on how the racial order developed. The text discusses the challenges faced by Southern whites in maintaining racial hierarchy after the abolition of slavery.
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One of thlishingthe infe- lion of slavery, but once it was instituted ir hecame detached from its.initi,11 rior staltls of slaves. function and U(.'(JUired a social potency all its own."'° After the death of sl.l\'- Followini the Civil War. it was unclear what institutions, law!>,or cus...
One of thlishingthe infe- lion of slavery, but once it was instituted ir hecame detached from its.initi,11 rior staltls of slaves. function and U(.'(JUired a social potency all its own."'° After the death of sl.l\'- Followini the Civil War. it was unclear what institutions, law!>,or customs ery, the idea of race lived on. woold he nece.,,ary to maintain white control now that slavery was ionc. Nonetheless, as numerous historians h.ive shown, the develo1')mentof a new Ultimately, the black codes were overturned. and a slew of federal civil racial order became the consuming passion for most white Southernen;. Ru- rights legislation protecting the newly freed slaves was passe
