American nightmare is a complete look at how Jim Crow laws rose in the South and the framework that the states used to make this awful institution legal all over the old confederate South. Jerrold Packard makes a complete recollection of segregation in American society from the first months of slaves being shipped to Virgina for the first time to the eventual defeat of this racist practice that spanned generations and limited economic opportunities for a people that build up much of this nation. This book gave me more knowledge at how officials in local areas changed or created rules and laws to limit black votes and how this sinister synergy spread like a cancer to other Southern communities who borrowed the same tactics.
The book describes the leaders and events that help bring down this stubborn installed system white Southerners used to monopolize all of the wealth in the region into a few pale hands and families.This book mainly focuses on segregation in the South and mentions little of segregation in the North that existed as well. I was also disappointed the bok didn't mention the segregation of Native American communities in parts of the South where the community still existed side by side with the blacks and whites. Aside from that this is a highly recommended book for those who don't understand the racism and struggles former slaves still had to endure many years after the civil war ended.
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