THE AGE OF SEGREGATION: RACE RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH, 1890-1945. ESSAYS BY DERRICK BELL, MARY FRANCES BERRY, DAN CARTER, AL-TONY GILMORE, ROBERT HIGGS, GEORGE TINDALL. University of Mississippi Chancellor's Symposium on Southern History (series).

First edition (not stated per publisher's contemporary practice). x, 156 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket with fading to spine panel; light toning to white rear panel; nicks and short tears at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Dark green cloth. Text block's top edge foxed; minor foxing to fore-edge. Slight toning to endpapers; ink ownership inscription "Harry P. Owens | Hist Dept" upon front free endpaper; interior leaves otherwise remain clean. Binding retains some crispness. With Introduction and Notes. Features six essays presented at the (third annual) 1977 Chancellor's Symposium on Southern History at the University of Mississippi: "The Racial Imperative in American Law" by Derrick A. Bell, Jr.; "Repression of Blacks in the South 1890-1945: Enforcing the System of Segregation" by Mary Frances Berry; "Southern Political Style" by Dan Carter; "The Black Southerner's Response to the Southern System of Race Relations: 1900 to Post-World War II" by Al-Tony Gilmore; "Race and Economy in the South, 1890-1950" by Robert Higgs; "The Cost of Segregation" by George B. Tindall. Dr. Harry Owens taught history at the University of Mississippi for thirty-two years with his career cumulating with an appointment as Professor Emeritus. This book was obtained directly from Dr. Owens' Oxford, Mississippi estate. ISBN 0878050876.…