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9 - Black-Indian Literature under Jim Crow

from Part II - Assimilation and Modernity (1879–1967)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Keely Byars-Nichols
Edited by
Melanie Benson Taylor
Melanie Benson Taylor
Affiliation:
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
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Summary

The history between African Americans and Native Americans reveals as much about present-day America as any other single instance of racial history one could note. Specifically, the Jim Crow era, roughly spanning the end of Post-Civil War Reconstruction (1877) through the Brown v. Board of Education decision (1954) reflects both implicit and explicit attitudes toward race. Using Lumbee and Cherokee narratives as examples, this chapter will explore the complex and fluid nature of race and identity under slavery and later under Jim Crow.

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Black IndianAfrican AmericanNative AmericanJim CrowLumbeeCherokeeFreedmensegregationNative South.
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The Cambridge History of Native American Literature , pp. 164 - 181
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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