As early as 1865; survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and what would be omitted from the historical record. In Remembering the Civil War; Caroline E. Janney examines how the war generation--men and women; black and white; Unionists and Confederates--crafted and protected their memories of the nation's greatest conflict. Janney maintains that the participants never fully embraced the reconciliation so famously represented in handshakes across stone walls. Instead; both Union and Confederate veterans; and most especially their respective women's organizations; clung tenaciously to their own causes well into the twentieth century. Janney explores the subtle yet important differences between reunion and reconciliation and argues that the Unionist and Emancipationist memories of the war never completely gave way to the story Confederates told. She challenges the idea that white northerners and southerners salved their war wounds through shared ideas about race and shows that debates about slavery often proved to be among the most powerful obstacles to reconciliation.
#1286103 in Books Stephen A Berrey 2015-04-27Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.24 x .86 x 6.15l; 1.15 #File Name: 1469620936352 pagesThe Jim Crow Routine Everyday Performances of Race Civil Rights and Segregation in Mississippi
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A fresh take on the daily experiences of Jim Crow.By natasha mcphersonI really like this book. I assigned the book to my students last quarter in my History of Jim Crow America class. I hadn't really read the book before I assigned it; but I liked the idea of examining the everydayness of Jim Crow. Now; having read the book; I can say that this book has influenced the way I looked at the black experience in the Jim Crow Era. Berrey examines the everyday; ordinary performances of Jim Crow-- black folks stepping off the sidewalk for white people; the racial politics of waiting in line; etc.-- and he shows how the ritual of everyday performances of Jim Crow segregation continually inscribed meaning to the daily realities of race and white supremacy. He also looks at the way Jim Crow as an institution morphed and changed over time in response to local and national developments. According to Berrey;in the early twentieth century; local white residents policed the color line themselves and participated in vigilantism as punishment for those who breached the rules of Jim Crow. With greater national attention on Civil Rights issues in mid-century; the vigilantism by local white residents eventually gave way to racial policing by local law enforcement.I will use the book again. I liked teaching it and the students found the book interesting. For students and scholars of African American history; race and the Jim Crow experience; the history of the criminal justice system; and those interested in the performances of everyday routines; I recommend this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very well written. Some real eye opening revelations.By Alan D.Very well written. Some real eye opening revelations.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. makes one wonder just how America could have tolerated such blatant injusticeBy History BuffFor someone who has always lived in the North; this book is a real eye-opener. The story and the details are engrossing and well worth reading.
