Misuse of Power

This book views the history of African American slavery and its legacy. The author examines the misuse and abuse of white power in America and focuses on the treatment of African Americans within the last three centuries.

Autorentext

Jerzy Sobieraj is an associate professor of American literature at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. His research focuses on Southern literature and African American studies. He is the author of Collisions of Conflict: Studies in American History and Culture, 1820-1920.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Slavery: From Pain to Pain - Chapter 2: African Americans and the Ku Klux Klan in the Post- Civil War Reality - Chapter 3: Lynching in America: A rope around his neck they tied - Chapter 4: Men of Color, Law, and the American Penal System - Chapter 5: Plessy, Segregation, and the Civil Rights Movement