Jim crow wisdom is an engaging discussion of black memory work from 1940 to the present p 3 the books title is drawn from richard wrights famous 1936 es. Jonathan holloway jim crow wisdom memory and identity in black america since 1940 chapel hill university of north carolina press 2013 3995 pp 288 isbn 978 1 4696 1070 2 ketan jha a1. Relying on social science documentary film dance popular literature museums memoir and the tourism trade holloway explores the stories black americans have told about their past and why these stories are vital to understanding a modern black identity in the process holloway asks much larger questions about the value of history and facts when memories do violence to bothmaking . This is jonathan holloway jim crow wisdom memory and identity in black america since 1940 by the gilder lehrman institute on vimeo the home for high. Jim crow wisdom memory and identity in black america since 1940 jonathan scott holloway other records author creator holloway jonathan scott publication chapel hill the university of north carolina press 2013 manufacture baltimore md project muse 2013 format description book 1 online resource 288 p subjects social science ethnic studies african american studies