INVISIBLE JIM CROW: Contemporary Ideological Threats to the Internal Security of African Americans, by Michael Tillotson

Unlike previous epochs in the United States, African Americans are not constantly reminded of inequality by fire hoses, attack dogs, lynchings, state sanctioned mob violence and various forms of overt de facto and de jure racial structuring. Because of this, the everyday human events surrounding African American life does not foster a critical consciousness of the enduring contradictions still present in contemporary American society. Invisible Jim Crow explores the dominative ideological frameworks in the U.S. from 1980-2007. Starting with an examination of the racialized social, political and economic climate ushered in by the Ronald Reagan administration, the book investigates the late 20th century Republican Revolution and its ideas concerning activist conservatism. The author makes plain the operational framework of this movement and its lingering impact on African Americans in the 21st century. Using an African-centered lens, Invisible Jim Crow examines the contemporary influence