{"product_id":"white-fright-the-sexual-panic-at-the-heart-of-americas-racist-history-hardcover","title":"White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America's Racist History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Dailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major new history of the fight for racial equality in America, arguing that fear of black sexuality has undergirded white supremacy from the start.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhite Fright\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Jane Dailey brilliantly reframes our understanding of the long struggle for African American rights. Those fighting against equality were not motivated only by a sense of innate superiority, as is often supposed, but also by an intense fear of black sexuality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this urgent investigation, Dailey examines how white anxiety about interracial sex and marriage found expression in some of the most contentious episodes of American history since Reconstruction: in battles over lynching, in the policing of black troops' behavior overseas during World War II, in the violent outbursts following the Supreme Court's decision in \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the tragic story of Emmett Till. The question was finally settled -- as a legal matter -- with the Court's definitive 1967 decision in \u003ci\u003eLoving v. Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e, which declared interracial marriage a \"fundamental freedom.\" Placing sex at the center of our civil rights history, \u003ci\u003eWhite Fright \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a bold new take on one of the most confounding threads running through American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Dailey\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at the University of Chicago. A recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Berlin and the Guggenheim Foundation, she is also the author and coauthor of several previous books, including \u003ci\u003eBefore Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBuilding the American Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769030344992,"sku":"9781541646551","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5c79fcfbf4c8f55b8e873b1f0f6e954e.webp?v=1780341329","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/white-fright-the-sexual-panic-at-the-heart-of-americas-racist-history-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}