Landscapes of Exclusion State Parks and Jim Crow in the American South |
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| Author:
| O'Brien, William E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-952620-35-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2022 |
| Publisher: | Library of American Landscape History
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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An outgrowth of earlier park movements, the state park movement in the twentieth century sought to expand public access to scenic places. But under severe Jim Crow restrictions in the South, access for Blacks was routinely and officially denied. The New Deal brought a massive wave of state park expansion, and advocacy groups pressured the National ......
An outgrowth of earlier park movements, the state park movement in the twentieth century sought to expand public access to scenic places. But under severe Jim Crow restrictions in the South, access for Blacks was routinely and officially denied. The New Deal brought a massive wave of state park expansion, and advocacy groups pressured the National ......