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| Title: | The world of Jim Crow |
| Date: | 1901-1959 |
| Description: | Section of online exhibit explaining "Jim Crow", the legal and social racial separation that was the norm in Virginia and much of the South before the Civil Rights movement. The page includes two black-and-white photographs and digital images of an African American figurine and a Ku Klux Klan robe from the Virginia Historical Society and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs | Web sites | Figurines | Robes (main garments) |
| Subjects: | African Americans--Segregation--Virginia | Civil rights movements--Virginia | African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia | Virginia |
| Collection: | Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004 |
| Institution: | Virginia Historical Society |
| Contributors: | Virginia Historical Society | Richmond Times-Dispatch | Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Collection (Virginia Historical Society) |
| Online Publisher: | [Richmond (Va.)] : Virginia Historical Society | 2004-02-07 |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of: The Civil Rights movement in Virginia (Virginia Historical Society) |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.vahistorical.org/civilrights/jimcrow.htm |
