Trouble in Mind
Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow
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Publisher Description
A searing history of life under Jim Crow that recalls the bloodiest and most repressive period in the history of race relations in the United States—and the painful record of discrimination that haunts us to this day. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Been in the Storm So Long.
"The stain of Jim Crow runs deep in 20th-century America.... Its effects remain the nation's most pressing business. Trouble in Mind is an absolutely essential account of its dreadful history and calamitous legacy." —The Washington Post
In April 1899, Black laborer Sam Hose killed his white boss in self-defense. Wrongly accused of raping the man's wife, Hose was mutilated, stabbed, and burned alive in front of 2,000 cheering whites. His body was sold piecemeal to souvenir seekers; an Atlanta grocery displayed his knuckles in its front window for a week.
Drawing on new documentation and first-person accounts, Litwack describes the injustices—both institutional and personal—inflicted against a people. Here, too, are the Black men and women whose activism, literature, and music preserved the genius of the human spirit.
Customer Reviews
American History 101
Hands down the best (and most horrific) account of the Jim Crow era I've ever come across. Required reading for every American.
Excellent Book about Our Past
This book is an absolute must read. An avid reader of black history, this book stunned me with the descriptions of the purposely hidden atrocities black people suffered at the hands of this country. This book will stun you and America needs to come to terms with its past before it can move forward. You will not regret purchasing this book.