The Road to Jim Crow: The African American Struggle on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1860–1915

C. Christopher Brown

Maryland Historical Society, Mar 29, 2017 - History - 356 pages

Breaks new ground and fills an overlooked gap in Maryland history.

Making extensive use of primary sources, C. Christopher Brown has broken new ground and filled a long overlooked gap in Maryland history. Here is the story of African Americans on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, from the promise-filled days following the end of slavery to the rise of lynch law, segregation, and systematic efforts at disenfranchisement. Resisting, as best they could, attempts of the Democratic “White Man’s Party” to render them second-class citizens, black communities rallied to their churches and fought determinedly to properly educate their children and gain a measure of political power. The Eastern Shore's Cambridge, guided by savvy and energetic leaders, became a political and cultural center of African American life.

About the author

C. Christopher Brown is a retired civil rights attorney and professor at the University of Maryland’s Carey School of Law.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Road to Jim Crow: The African American Struggle on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1860–1915
• Author: C. Christopher Brown
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Maryland Historical Society, 2017
• ISBN: 0996594418, 9780996594417
• Length: 356 pages
• Subjects: History / African American & Black; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / General; History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)