Jim Crow Guide documents the system of legally imposed American apartheid that prevailed during what Stetson Kennedy calls "the long century from Emancipation to the Overcoming." The mock guidebook covers every area of activity where the tentacles of Jim Crow reached. From the texts of state statutes, municipal ordinances, federal regulations, and judicial rulings, Kennedy exhumes the legalistic skeleton of Jim Crow in a work of permanent value for scholars and of exceptional appeal for general readers.
Why This GuideNo Room for RedskinsWhite Man's CountryAmerica's Great WallWho is Coloured WhereWho may Marry WhomWho may Live WhereWho may Study WhereWho may Work WhereWho are Subject to Forced LabourWho may Vote WhereLook Out for the LawWho may Travel HowOpen to All (Whites)The Dictates of Racist EtiquetteAlarum and Excursion
Stetson Kennedy is an award-winning author and human rights activist. Kennedy is also known as a pioneering folklorist, a labor activist, and environmentalist. He is the author of the books: Palmetto Country, Southern Exposure, The Jim Crow Guide, The Klan Unmasked, and After Appomattox.