This disquieting yet important book describes the injustices, humiliations, and brutalities inflicted on African Americans in a racist culture that was created―and protected―by the forces of law and order.• Primary source documents, including Supreme Court decisions and W.E.B DuBois's 1947 "Statement on the Denial of Human Rights to Minorities in the Case of Citizens of Negro Descent in the United States of America and an Appeal to the United Nations for Redress"• A chronology of events concerning the legalization of discrimination in the era of Jim Crow, 1865–1965• A glossary of key terms related to Jim Crow laws, court decisions, and culture• An annotated bibliography of significant books from history, sociology, psychology, and political science relating to Jim Crow