Hearts of Gold

The novel recognizes the post-Reconstruction Era weakening of civil rights laws, persistence of unpunished lynchings, proliferation of Jim Crow laws involving voting and transportation, false imprisonment of blacks, slavery-like conditions in the penal coal mine system, and sexual harassment. [...]...

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Published in:Appalachian Heritage 2010, Vol.38 (3), p.99
Main Author: Moore, Phyllis Wilson
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Blacks
Coal mining
Governors
Keresiouan languages
Racial discrimination
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Summary:The novel recognizes the post-Reconstruction Era weakening of civil rights laws, persistence of unpunished lynchings, proliferation of Jim Crow laws involving voting and transportation, false imprisonment of blacks, slavery-like conditions in the penal coal mine system, and sexual harassment. [...] they agree: they are Americans, and America is their home.
ISSN:2692-9244
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