Confronting Jim Crow : race, memory, and the University of Georgia in the twentieth century / Robert Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Robert, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Georgia--History--20th century.

University of Georgia.

College integration--Georgia--History--20th century.

College integration.

African Americans--Segregation--Georgia.

African Americans.

Racism against Black people--Georgia--History--20th century.

Racism against Black people.

Georgia--Race relations.

Georgia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Since the onset of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, America has grappled with its racial history, leading to the removal of statues and other markers commemorating pro-slavery sympathizers and segregationists from public spaces. Some of these white supremacist statues had stood on or near college and university campuses since the Jim Crow era, symbolizing the reluctance of American higher education to confront its racist past. In Confronting Jim Crow, Robert Cohen explores the University of Georgia's long history of racism and the struggle to overcome it, shedding light on white Georgia's historical amnesia concerning the university's role in sustaining the Jim Crow system. By extending the historical analysis beyond the desegregation crisis of 1961, Cohen unveils UGA's deep-rooted anti-Black stance preceding formal desegregation efforts. Through the lens of Black and white student, faculty, and administration perspectives, this book exposes the enduring impact of Jim Crow and its lingering effects on campus integration"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Race, memory, and the University of Georgia in the twentieth century

Leading and misleading Georgia: University of Georgia and Jim Crow Georgia's education and political power elite

Two, four, six, eight we don't want to integrate: white student attitudes toward the University of Georgia's desegregation

Postscript to chapter two

G-men in Georgia: the FBI and the segregationist riot at the University of Georgia, 1961

Postscript to chapter three

Black memory and University of Georgia's desegregation struggle

Freedom dreams and segregationist nightmares: Charlayne Hunter, Walter Stovall, and University of Georgia's first interracial marriage

Decades of desegregation: the slow death and afterlife of Jim Crow at University of Georgia, 1963-1989

New day or Old South? Late 1990s University of Georgia student reflections on campus race relations in their time vs. 1961

Commemorations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4696-8143-9

9781469681436

9781469681412

9781469681429