This third revised edition of Woodward's classic study of the history of the Jim Crow laws and of American race relations in general includes a new chapter on the tragic events that have occurred since 1965, including the Watts riots, the murder of Martin Luther King, white backlash encouraged by black activism, and the shift in national mood resulting from the election of Richard Nixon into the White House This is a commemorative edition for C. Vann Woodward, who died in December 1999, of his classic work on the history of segregation and American race relations. Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and former Woodward student, William McFeely contributes a special afterword to discuss how Strange Career achieved its own significance as part of history. Introduction 3(8) Of Old Regimes and Reconstructions 11(20) Forgotten Alternatives 31(36) Capitulation to Racism 67(44) The Man on the Cliff 111(38) The Declining Years of Jim Crow 149(40) The Career Becomes Stranger 189(32) Afterword 221(12) William S. McFeely Notes on Reading 233(4) Index 237