After the South lost the Civil War and was forced to undergo Reconstruction, African Americans began to be considered full American citizens with all the same rights as white Americans. However, racial conflict became a major problem in the region as whites, who had always dominated blacks, wanted to continue to have power over them. To do this, the states that once made up the Confederacy began passing numerous discriminatory laws to repress African Americans. These laws became stronger in the 1950s and became known as Jim Crow laws. Since the fall of the Jim Crow South in the late 1960s, much literature has been published explaining the many aspects of this chapter in American history. An example of this is He went into detail to demonstrate how unbalanced and harsh life was for blacks. An example of this is the horrifyingly cruel game of “Nigger Knocking” in which white children attack black pedestrians by throwing rocks or hitting them with car antennas. Furthermore, it is shown that every aspect of daily life was dangerous for blacks. According to the book, for example, even crossing the street was always a gamble since “many white motorists enjoyed the 'sport' of chasing blacks on the sidewalks with their cars.” The way this quote is written shows some negative bias towards white people at the time by using the phrase "happy to". Moving forward, the book focuses heavily on one of the most well-known parts of the Jim Crow era: segregation. Although segregation supposedly created an environment of separation with equal opportunities and rights, the book is keen to demonstrate that it was a complete farce. Schools, jobs, and public services have always been inferior for blacks, and the book pushes the idea that this was often intentional to keep blacks down. “Applying for a job… was often a humiliating experience” for blacks, and any problems in the workplace were “blamed on black workers.” Meanwhile, the white authorities who were supposed to provide equal education to blacks “did not believe that blacks should be educated at all.” Overall, this book is intended to provide a general examination of the Jim Crow South, but the language used is not neutral. He forcefully argues that whites have maliciously undermined the equality and rights of citizens