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In Looking over Black Shoulders, black and white Americans relive some of the most
controversial and turbulent history in America ...a history simply known as Jim Crow. But things
are not what they appear to be and are anything but simple. History has now been rewritten and
each group will relive this history through the others' eyes in an effort to see the others
perspective on race. White Americans feel the shame of Jim Crow by becoming its primary
target. Black Americans are in control of this new land called America . After the Civil War, the
black South becomes more determined in maintaining its previous control over the newly
freedmen by instituting laws to ensure that black supremacy never dies.
Every area of society is affected. There are Jim Crow courts, hospitals, schools, and public
accommodations. A pictorial journey depicts the struggle of white Americans as they try to
secure equal treatment under the law. Although racism acts as a chameleon by assuming a new
color its vileness does not change. It is just as ruthless as it was before. From voting to education, Jim Crow laws maximizes racial hatred and finally culminates into having to have the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court, to make a decision on whether or not segregation in public schools is constitutional.
In the end, the U.S. President gets involved and Jim Crow towards white Americans is finally
banned. Black Americans are forced to live with those they once ostracized. Black business
owners can no longer legally discriminate against white Americans. Doors once closed to a few
are now opened to all. But even more shocking is the final discovery.
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