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8 produkter
A Peculiar Imbalance
The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota, 1837–1869
Häftad, 2015
253 kr
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A Peculiar Imbalance is the little-known history of the black experience in Minnesota in the mid-1800s, a time of dramatic change in the region. William D. Green explains how, as white progressive politicians pushed for statehood, black men who had been integrated members of the community, owning …
Peculiar Imbalance
The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota
E-bok, 2009
264 kr
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In the 1850s, as Minnesota Territory was reaching toward statehood, settlers from the eastern United States moved in, carrying rigid perceptions of race and culture into a community built by people of many backgrounds who relied on each other for survival. History professor William Green unearths …
Children of Lincoln
White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876
Inbunden, 2018
409 kr
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How white advocates of emancipation abandoned African American causes in the dark days of Reconstruction, told through the stories of four MinnesotansWhite people, Frederick Douglass said in a speech in 1876, were “the children of Lincoln,” while black people were “at best his stepchildren.” …
Degrees of Freedom
The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912
Häftad, 2020
294 kr
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The true story, and the black citizens, behind the evolution of racial equality in Minnesota He had just given a rousing speech to a packed assembly in St. Paul, but Frederick Douglass, confidant to the Great Emancipator and conscience of the Republican Party, was denied a hotel room because he was …
Nellie Francis
Fighting for Racial Justice and Women's Equality in Minnesota
Häftad, 2021
251 kr
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The life and work of an African American suffragist and activist devoted to equality and freedomAt her last public appearance in 1962, at 88 years old, a frail, deaf, and blind Nellie Francis was honored for her church and community service in Nashville, Tennessee. No mention was made of her early …
Children of Lincoln
White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876
Häftad, 2021
251 kr
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How white advocates of emancipation abandoned African American causes in the dark days of Reconstruction, told through the stories of four MinnesotansWhite people, Frederick Douglass said in a speech in 1876, were “the children of Lincoln,” while black people were “at best his stepchildren.” …
Strike!
Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law
Häftad, 2026
212 kr
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The complex and dramatic history of an illegal teachers’ strike that forever altered labor relations and Minnesota politicsWhen viewed from our turbulent times, the Minneapolis of fifty years ago might seem serene, but Minneapolis schoolteachers of the day remember it quite differently. It was, …
Strike!
Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law
Inbunden, 2026
926 kr
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The complex and dramatic history of an illegal teachers’ strike that forever altered labor relations and Minnesota politicsWhen viewed from our turbulent times, the Minneapolis of fifty years ago might seem serene, but Minneapolis schoolteachers of the day remember it quite differently. It was, …
