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30 days a black man, the forgotten story that exposed the Jim Crow South, Bill Steigerwald

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30 days a black man, the forgotten story that exposed the Jim Crow South, Bill Steigerwald

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-301) and index

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

30 days a black man

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

953223370

Responsibility statement

Bill Steigerwald

Sub title

the forgotten story that exposed the Jim Crow South

Summary

Retells the story of a white journalist from Pittsburgh who lived for thirty days as a black man in the Jim Crow South alongside Atlanta's black civil rights pioneer Wesley Dobbs, an experiment that exposed the shameful system of segregation

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Juan Williams -- Jim Crow, U.S.A. -- Ray Sprigle, star reporter -- Pittsburgh in white and black -- "Mr. NAACP" -- Learning to become a negro -- Teaming up with Mr. Dobbs -- The poor, poor South -- Atlanta in black and white -- On the road to Americus -- An oasis in the desert of injustice -- Sneaking through the delta -- America's "last outpost of feudalism" -- The long reach of "white malice" -- Nominating "President Dewey" -- Waking up in the white North -- A civil war over civil rights -- Telling Sprigle's story to black America -- Sticking up for Old Jim Crow -- Truman's November surprise -- The great radio debate -- A mission forgotten by history

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Thirty days a black man

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