The Progressive Era And Race: Reaction And Reform, By David W. Southern

The introduction of The Progressive Era and Race: Reaction and Reform, by David W. Southern, opens with his representation of the Progressive Era and the subsequent American shift from emancipation to segregation that occurred during it. The author uses social history to examine and demonstrate his subject. He argues that “the nation was in fact caught up in a powerful tide of white supremacy at home and imperialism against people of color abroad.” Southern discusses the hopes and expectations of the emancipated and subsequent generations alongside the failures of the Progressive movement. Chapter titles provide a glimpse of his discussion into the restructuring of the American social hierarchy. Such titles also reflect the restriction within